Assessment of procurement function and corporate planning strategy of public limited liability companies in the sekondi-takoradi metropolis of ghana
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2023
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KNUST
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Copious evidence supports the relevance of the procurement function and corporate planning strategies in institutions globally. This study contributes by assessing the effect of the procurement function on corporate planning strategies of public limited liability companies in the Sekondi Takoradi metropolis. The study used a questionnaire as data collection instrument to collect data from various categories of staff of the various professionals of public limited liability companies in the Sekondi-Takoradi metropolis. The study employed questionnaire administration to collect data from total of 50 respondents (n=50); 10 Heads of Departments, 20 Sectional Heads, 10 staffs and 10 neutral respondents who were purposively and randomly selected. The study utilized ordinary least square (OLS) regression to estimate the compliance level and the relationship between procurement function and corporate planning strategy. The findings revealed that both procurement practices and compliance level had a positive effect on corporate planning strategy and both were statistically significant at p
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A thesis submitted to the department of supply chain and information systems, Kwame Nkrumah university of science and technology, Kumasi in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of master of science in logistics and supply chain management