Project Management and Scientific Journal

Procurement ethics and stakeholders’ satisfaction, the moderating role of organizational culture

Isaac Kofi Yornu — 2025-01-27

The primary goal is to establish how procurement ethics will influence stakeholders’ satisfaction among selected health centers in Ghana, with an emphasis on the role of organizational culture. The specific objectives of the study were: to examine the effect of procurement ethics on stakeholder satisfaction, to assess the effect of organizational culture on stakeholder satisfaction, as well as assess the moderating effect of organizational culture on the relationship between procurement ethics and stakeholders’ satisfaction. A case study approach was adopted and a sample size of 120 was chosen using a purposive sampling technique. The findings of the study show that procurement ethics has a positive and significant relationship with stakeholder satisfaction. Also, the result indicates that organizational culture positively influenced stakeholders' satisfaction. Finally, findings indicates that organizational culture positively moderates the link between procurement ethics and stakeholders’ satisfaction. The study concluded that management should consider organizational culture such as clan, adhocracy, and market culture, to ensure value for money, transparency, accountability, fair dealings, and professionalism in order to enhance employee’s satisfaction, customers satisfaction, communities’ satisfaction, and shareholders satisfaction.

Enhancing operational performance through organizational culture: exploring social sustainability focus and practices in supply chains

Isaac Kofi Yornu — 2025-01-27

Sustainable supply chain practices involve a range of initiatives that are critical for global supply chains, including health and safety, child and slave labour, working conditions, human rights and community impact programs. However, while they may improve supplier sustainability behavior, they do not necessarily lead to better sustainability performance. There is a need to explores the relationship between sustainability orientation and basic and advanced socially sustainable supply chain practices. This study had objectives, to examine the effect of social sustainability orientation on social sustainability supply chain, to determine the effect of social sustainability supply chain on operational performance, to assess the mediating role of social sustainability supply chain between the relationship of social sustainability orientation and operational performance. To achieve these objectives, the study employed quantitative method, stratified sampling technique with a sample size of 150. The study has a response of 145 representing a response rate of 96.6%. The study’s constructs have a KMO and Cronbach’s Alpha results of 0.8 and 0.75 respectively. The regression analysis results of the study indicated that social sustainability orientation has a positive and significant effect on social sustainability supply chain, the findings of the study concluded that social sustainability supply chain has a positive and significant effect on operational performance. Again, the findings of the study concluded that social sustainability supply chain positively and significantly mediates the relationship social sustainability orientation and operational performance. Also, the findings of the study concluded that organizational culture positively and significantly moderates the relationship between social sustainability orientation and social sustainability supply chain. The study recommended that organizations should be able to provide information to all employees to understand the importance of social sustainability so that they can all joins hands to pursue social sustainability practices that will guide the organization to be social responsible to be in operations. Management in organizations should try to promote social sustainability as a major goal across all departments so all employees will understand the essence of pursuing such a goal in their organizations. Organizations should have a clear policy statement urging social sustainability in every area of operations so in carrying out their activities.

Examining the Role of Technological Innovation, and the Impact of Green Procurement on Competitive Advantage and Company Performance

David ACKAH — 2025-01-27

This study investigates the relationship between competitive strategy, green purchasing practices, and firm performance among firms in the Tema Metropolis. Adopting the Resource-Based Theory as its theoretical foundation, positivist research methodology, and explanatory research design, 161 respondents were surveyed. The associations between the variables were determined using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) method with Smart Partial Least Square (PLS) software version 3.0 as well as the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). The study analysis revealed that findings reveal a positive association between competitive strategy and green purchasing adoption, but a negative relationship between green purchasing practices and firm performance. However, technological innovation can mitigate this negative effect, suggesting that firms can balance their green initiatives with performance goals by investing in innovation. The study's recommendations include adopting competitive strategies to encourage green purchasing, considering the potential negative impact on competitive advantage and performance, leveraging technology, and providing policy support for sustainable practices and economic growth. This research contributes to the literature on green practices and firm performance, providing practical implications for firms and policymakers.

Enhancing Competitive Edge through Strategic Procurement: Exploring the Influence of Corporate Governance

David Ackah — 2025-01-27

Strategic procurement, a vital component for organizational competitiveness, has been a subject of continuous exploration, yet it presents mixed findings in research literature. The ambiguity mainly revolves around the moderating role of corporate governance in the relationship between strategic procurement and competitive advantage. This study is dedicated to unraveling this relationship, applying the resource-based view as its theoretical underpinning. Utilizing a quantitative approach and conducting a survey on a sample of 136 employees from manufacturing firms in Ghana, the research offers substantial insights. The findings reveal that strategic procurement has a definite positive impact on competitive advantage, reinforcing the importance of deliberate procurement strategies in business performance. Furthermore, corporate governance, a vital aspect of organizational structure, not only enhances competitive advantage directly but also acts as a strengthening force on the effect of strategic procurement on competitive advantage. It highlights the synergistic relationship between governance practices and procurement strategies. These results emphasize the recommendation for organizations to embrace and implement strategic procurement practices aligned with strong and transparent governance policies. The intertwining of these two aspects may foster organizational success and sustainability. The importance of this study is accentuated by its contribution to filling existing gaps in the procurement literature, particularly regarding the moderating role of governance. By addressing this significant aspect, the research adds valuable insights that may guide both academic discourse and practical applications in the industrial sector, enhancing the understanding of strategic procurement in modern organizational dynamics.

Resource Capabilities as a Moderator: Impact of Procurement Practices on Project Performance and Competitive Advantage

David Ackah — 2025-01-27

The purpose of procurement management in governmental organizations is to ensure that all goods and services purchased by public institutions are done in a harmonized procedure and in a way that ensures a careful, economic and efficient use of public resources. It is also to ensure that transactions are devoid of corruption, but are done in fairly, plainly and in a transparent manner and by encouraging competition among local players. However, in a lot of government organizations, the public procurement process is sheltered with concealment, incompetence and bribery (Nyakundi, et al., 2012). Studies have shown that there are procurement operational lapses that are leading to poor service delivery and consumer dissatisfaction which have become a global challenge, (OECS), April 2013. Procurement management in many organizations rarely seems satisfactory to the community and donors. Several studies have been conducted in the field of donor funding but focused on different aspects other than procurement management and performance of governmental organizations in project implementation. Asfaw (2009) studied the relationship that exists between organizations' performance. Kebede (2012) studied factors affecting the implementation of donor funded projects. On the other hand, Girma (2000) researched on the effect of aid on economic growth of recipient countries. Studies on procurement management on project remains scanty hence this study seeks to access procurement management on project at CBE. The researcher wishes to investigate how procurement management is executed at CBE. In Ethiopia, previous studies have not concentrated on the assessment of procurement management on project performance at CBE. This thesis uses CBE as a case study as Ethiopian scenario portrays lack of literature on this front. The researcher aims to contribute this to the emerging literature.

Stakeholder`s Relationship and Influence Level in Integrating the Industrial Construction Technology in Tanzania-The Structural Model

Ramadhani Said Tekka — 2025-01-28

The prevailing sustainable approach for improving the performance of the construction sector is the use of industrialized construction technology, or ICT that has drawn much attention of several international construction community researchers. The objective of this paper was to examine the stakeholder’s relationship and influence level towards integration of industrial construction Technologies in Tanzania. One-hundred fifty-nine (159) structured questionnaires were completely administered via online media to experienced construction sector professionals. The findings documented eight influential stakeholders including developer, manufacturer, government, consultant, contractors, supplier, public institutions and education institutes who plays a significant role towards integration the industrialized construction technology. Also, the findings have recognized the structural model showing the correlation between the stakeholders. This study offers the essential insights for future research in this field aimed at informing the construction industry about the fundamental stakeholders and their influence power towards industrialized construction technology integration in the Tanzania construction industry.

Impact of Covid 19 Pandemic on the Management of Construction Projects in Malawi

Geofrey Joseph Mfuni — 2025-01-28

Construction projects were massively disrupted by the Covid 19 pandemic. The pandemic significantly affected how construction activities are carried out on site. This study investigated in depth the challenges construction teams faced while managing the projects amidst the COVID 19 pandemic. The study collected data using a google form questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed to 52 respondents in total who were actively involved in the management of the construction projects. The collected data was analysed using SPSS software version 26. Findings indicate that the COVID 19 pandemic caused disruption in the management of projects. The construction sites were abandoned by foreign skilled labours and left unskilled local workers on site. Results indicate that it was impossible to work on site because of the imposed restriction measures. Work was done online but proved to be a challenge since one needs to be on site to make decisions about activities. People lost jobs, lives and the local economy was disrupted. Supply chain of construction materials was disrupted because ports and boarders were closed. The study recommends that projects must procure materials in advance, develop a policy of training local labours to transfer skills, encourage local manufacturing and workers to be vaccinated.

Examining The Stakeholder’s Perception on Best Practice Measures to Reduce Road Construction Projects Delay in Tanzania

*Gabriel S. — 2025-01-28

The construction industry is globally recognized as one of the fastest-growing sector contributing directly and indirectly to the development of several other sectors of the economy. Despite its significance importance, and based on persistently reasons, the industry has often overwhelmingly with various challenges including inability to finish the road construction projects within a given schedule. That is road construction delays. This study aimed to examine the stakeholder’s perception on prevailing best practice measures to reduce construction projects delay in Tanzania. The study adopted the questionnaire tool and the survey interview to collect the respondent’s opinion from 208 respondents having experience of more than five years obtained through purposive sampling. The mean scores and the relative importance index (RII) of the data were computed using SPSS 24 tool to obtain the descriptive information and inferential statistics. The findings have revealed ten potential factors for construction project delays and thirteen best practices that whenever implemented can assists to minimize delays. The identified best practice measures were categorized in clusters to indicate the project participants who plays the significant role in minimizing the delays. The current study proposes the future research to focus on identifying the relationship between the strategic cluster categories in identifying which cluster category correlate highly towards minimizing the construction project delays.

Evaluating How Supply Chain Coordination Impacts Operations Performance

Erasmus Nii Amoo Akushie — 2025-01-28

Supply chain coordination is considered a vital strategy for firms to increase profitability and stay competitive. With the growth in global competition, many researchers have expressed the need for a coordinated, unified, and long-term relationship between institutions and their supply chain partners. There is also a need to examines specific Supply chain coordination practices implemented at Senior High Schools. Since other countries have practiced the integration of upstream and downstream Supply Chain Coordination and has led to supply chain performance. This study had objectives, to assess the effect of supply chain coordination on supply chain performance, to determine the effect of information technology on supply chain performance, to assess evaluate the relationship between information sharing level and supply chain performance. To achieve these objectives, the study employed descriptive survey design, purposive sampling technique with a sample size of 150. The study has a response of 137 representing a response rate of 91.33%. The study’s constructs have a KMO and Cronbach’s Alpha results of 0.8 and 0.75 respectively. The regression analysis results of the study indicated that that supply chain coordination has a positive and significant effect on supply chain performance. . the findings of the study indicate that information sharing has a positive and significant effect on procurement performance. Again, the findings of the study indicate that information integration has a positive and significant effect on supply chain performance. The Test(s) of highest order unconditional interaction(s): statistically indicate that information integration partially moderates the relationship between supply chain performance and supply chain coordination. The study recommended that organizations should be willing to share the production plan and demand forecast information so that the organization can be in a better position to carry out some successful operations. Organizations should think of collaborative planning, forecasting and supplement so that they achieve better supply chain coordination. Companies can now enjoy the resources of their partners to be able to deliver effectively and efficiently.