TITLE:
Strategies for Enhancing Nigeria’s Procurement Procedures
AUTHORS:
Donald Osebhawe Areguamen, Kim Critchlow, Mary Dereshwisky, Beverly Muhammad
KEYWORDS:
Strategies for Reducing Procurement Costs, Contract Fulfillment Delays, Enhancing Procurement Procedures
JOURNAL NAME:
American Journal of Industrial and Business Management,
Vol.12 No.3,
March
25,
2022
ABSTRACT: The manual procurement
processes used by some private companies result in increased costs and contract fulfillment delays.
The focus of this multiple case study was to explore the strategies procurement
managers use to reduce costs and contract fulfillment delays. The population
for this study was three procurement managers of private plastics companies
located at Maitama, in Abuja, Nigeria. Weiss’s theory of change was the
conceptual framework for this study. Data collection included semistructured face-to-face
interviews and an
exploration of company archival financial documents. On the Abstract,
Data were transcribed, coded, and then validated through member checking, resulting in the emergence of 5 themes: 1) Change implementation
strategies, 2) Strategies for reducing cost and contract
fulfillment delays, 3) Change implementation barriers, 4) Employee-focused factors, and 5) Strategies for responding
to the changing external environmental factors. The 2 most important themes
identified from the study were change implementation strategies and strategies
for reducing cost and contract fulfillment delays. These strategies could help
organizational leaders who desire improved procurement process change to define
long-term goals and then map backward to identify preconditions to achieve the
preferred change. The implications for positive social change include increased
sustainability for companies and the consequent potential to increase
employment among youth, improve standards of living of the workforce, and
reduce social vices in Abuja, Nigeria.