Procurement Practices and Performance of National Medical Stores in Kampala Uganda

ABLE OF CONTENT

Preliminaries Page

DECLARATION A

DECLARATION B

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Chapters

ONE THE PROBLEM AND ITS SCOPE Pages

Background of the study 1

Statement of the problem 6

Purpose of the study 7

Research Objectives 7

Research Questions 8

Null Hypothesis 8

Scope 8

Significance of the study 9

Operational Definition of Key Terms 10

TWO REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE: Pages

Concepts, Opinion, Ideas from Authors/Experts 13

Theoretical perspective 29

Related studies 31

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THREE METHODOLOGY Pages

Research design 33

Research population 33

Research population 33

Sample size 34

Sample procedures 34

Research instrument 34

Validity and reliability of the instruments 34

Data gathering procedures 36

Data analysis 37

Ethical considerations 37

Limitation of the study 38

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FOUR Demographic profile of respondents 40

Respondents’ levels’ procurement practices 42

Respondents’ level of organizational performance 44

Relationship between procurement practices & organizational performance 45

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FIVE Discussion, Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations 46

Summary of findings 46

Level of Organizational performance 47

Significant relationship - level of procurement vs level of 47

organizational performance

Conclusion 48

Recommendations 50