AN ASSESSMENT OF PURCHASING PRACTICE THE CASE OF ADDIS ABABA ROAD AND TRANSPORT BUREAU

Abstract

The study aimed to assess the actual practices of purchasing the case of Addis Ababa Road and transport Bureau giving more emphasis on purchasing Ethics, performance measurement and evaluation, detail material specification, procedure, principle and purchasing personnel training. The research subjects all purchasing and accounting employees and users departments employees who are working in the different departments in Addis Ababa Road and Transport Bureau. The purpose of the study was to assess the actual purchasing practice whether it performed to achieve organizational goals or not. Theoretical and empirical reviews were reviewed related to purchasing practices and focus areas were settled as study frame work. The research applied descriptive data analysis technique by using SPSS software. The data was collected from 80 employees who are working across different departments. In the data analyses and presentation, the mean of 3 was used verify the result of each variables, less than 3 was taken as poor performance during data analysis. Based on the data collected through questionnaires and analysis, the study investigated that the actual practices of the Bureau was poor performance in purchasing ethics, measurement and evaluation, detailed specification and purchasing personnel training. Recommendations wear given what the Bureau should improve in the future to enhance the actual purchasing practices. Finally, possible direction for further research areas in the Bureau were presented.