The aim of this research was to examine whether and to what extent supply chain
management (SCM) officials in the Central District Municipality designed and
implemented SCM in a manner that encouraged sound financial management and
compliance to SCM legislative requirements in local government. The substantive area of
research was the Central District Municipality and its five local municipalities.
The researcher used both qualitative and quantitative research designs with semi-structured face-to-face interview questionnaire administered over three months. The
sampling population was the Central District Municipality and its local municipalities.
The researcher conducted 30 interviews and the research analysis strategy was the
grounded theory supported by quantitative presentation of closed ended questions in
tables and figures with the use of statistical package for social sciences (SPSS).
The findings of the study revealed that Central District Municipality to a certain extent
depicted the practice of some of the elements of SCM. SCM implementation is currently
at an infancy stage and these municipalities do not fully comply with national treasury
circulars and regulations. The municipalities are faced with problems of lack of
knowledge, skills and capacity. The study concludes with the development of proposition
that need to be tested on SCM implementation and recommendations on how the central
district municipality can improve SCM implementation process. / (M.Com.) North-West University, Mafikeng Campus, 2006
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:nwu/oai:dspace.nwu.ac.za:10394/11217 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Ambe, Intaher Marcus |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
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