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CONFRONTING PROCUREMENT CHALLENGES IN KENYA’S STATE CORPORATIONS Student ID: 00414787 A dissertation is submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of The University of Salford for the degree of Master of Science in Procurement, Logistics and Supply Chain Management August 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS ii LIST OF FIGURES/LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS iii LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS iv CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION 1 1.1 Background to the Study 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem 3 1.3 Aim of the Study 4 1.4 Research Objectives 4 1.5 Research Questions ........................................................................................5 1.6 Significance of the Study 5 1.7 Delimitation of the Study 6 1.8 Limitations of the Study 6 1.9 Organization of the Study 6 CHAPTER TWO: LITERATURE REVIEW 7 2.1 Overview of Public Procurement 7 2.2 Theoretical Literature 7 2.3 Empirical Review 8 2.4.1 Management Styles in Confronting Procurement Challenges 9 2.4.2 Organization Culture in Confronting Procurement Challenges 9 2.4.3 Stakeholders Involvement in Confronting Procurement Challenges 10 2.4.3 Organizational Resources in Confronting Procurement Challenges 10 2.5 Empirical Literature 10 2.5 Conceptual Framework 13 CHAPTER THREE: RESEARCH METHODOLOGY 15 3.1 Introduction 15 3.2 Research Design 15 3.3 Population of the Study 15 3.4 Sample Size and Sampling Procedure 16 3.5 Research Instruments 17 3.6 Pretesting of the instrument 17 3.7 Data Collection Procedures 17 3.8 DataShow MoreRelatedOne Significant Change That Has Occurred in the World Between 1900 and 2005. Explain the Impact This Change Has Made on Our Lives and Why It Is an Important Change.163893 Words   |  656 PagesD421.E77 2010 909.82—dc22 2009052961 The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1992 Printed in the United States of America 2 4 6 8 9 7 5 3 1 C ONTENTS Introduction Michael Adas 1 1 World Migration in the Long Twentieth Century †¢ Jose C. Moya and Adam McKeown 9 †¢ 2 Twentieth-Century Urbanization: In Search of an Urban Paradigm forRead MoreContemporary Issues in Management Accounting211377 Words   |  846 Pageses Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With oYces in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Oxford is a registered trade mark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in the United States by Oxford University Press Inc., New York ß Oxford University Press 2006