| dc.description.abstract | This study by adopting the descriptive and correlational research design and involving procurement staff and committee members from 18 institutions, and by using self – constructed survey questionnaire aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of the procurement methods and practices used in selected Seventh - day Adventist church institutions in Kenya by addressing the following research questions: What is the place of procurement in the operations of the selected SDA church Institutions?; What are the procurement methods used in the selected SDA institutions under the category of Competitive methods and Non-competitive methods; What is the level of effectiveness of the procurement practices used in the selected institutions based on Costs of procurement, Quality of procurement and Risk mitigation ability; Is there a significant relationship between the place of procurement in the organization and the level of effectiveness of procurement practices and Is there a significant relationship between the assessment of the relationship between the organization and its suppliers and the place of procurement in the organization and the level of effectiveness of procurement practices. Descriptive statistical tools including frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations were used to analyze the data. Additionally, Pearson product-moment correlation coefficient was used in testing the null hypothesis. The study established that procurement is well placed, competitive procurement methods are mostly used compared to the non-competitive methods. There was a significant positive and moderate relationship between place of procurement in the organization and the level of effectiveness of procurement practices (r = 0.309; P = 0.012 < 0.05) and the self-assessment of the relationship between the organization and its suppliers (r = 0.355; P = 0.004 < 0.05). The study concludes that competitive procurement methods were mostly used as compared to the non-competitive methods, and that the institutions have procurement practices that are cost effective, high quality and effective in risk mitigation. The study recommends that full-fledged procurement departments be established in all the institutions and that the SDA church should develop a standard Procurement Manual similar to the Public Procurement Disposal Act 2007 of Kenya, to govern and provide guidance towards a common way of carrying out procurement process and procedures. | en_US |
