Procurement methods used by the Telecommunications Companies in Ghana.

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November, 2016
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Procurement methods are part of the policies and programmes directed toward achieving effective and efficient development of a company. As an instrument for guaranteeing a company’s development, when well planned and implemented, has the potency of contributing to the realization of improves resource mobilization. Thus the study sought to determine the traditional, design and construct and management procurement methods used by the telecommunication industry in Ghana. The study also determined the various procurement methods used by the telecommunication companies in Ghana. The study comprised of 20 procurement personnel from the five telecom companies using a census survey. A self-administered questionnaire was used for the collection of data used for the study. The data was analyzed using frequencies, percentages, mean, standard deviation and one-way ANOVA. The study revealed that majority of telecommunication companies uses the traditional methods of procurement often, although others do not use design and construct and management procurement method not often. However there was a significant difference among the telecommunication companies with regards to how often they used traditional, design and construct and management procurement methods. It was therefore recommended that procurement trainings, workshops and seminars should be organised for the various procurement departments so as to sensitize them of the benefits that comes with different procurement methods.
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A dissertation submitted to the department of Building Technology, College of Art and Built Environment in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science.
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