The effect of e-procurement practices on the performance of selected public sector organisation in cape coast: Cape Coast Technical University

Abstract

The study sought to examine the effect of e-procurement practices on the performance of selected public sector organization in cape coast: cape coast technical university Central Region of Ghana. The study was purely qualitative; therefore there was sample size. Interviews were used as a data collective instrument. Twenty (20) respondents were used as key informants to the study. The data analysis was done by transcribing the responses on the interview guide into themes and meaning drawn from them. The study gathered primary data using structured questionnaires of which the questionnaire were divided into sections based on the different aspects of the study's goal. The findings of the study also disclosed that the use of e-procurement will help the public organization to speed up their procurement process, though the e-procurement has its own challenges, the respondents interviewed alluded that it would be better to use than the manual procurement process since it will increase the performance of the procurement process as a whole. The study therefore recommend that the public sectors should adapt the e-procurement because not only it can help to achieve our daily activities faster, it can also help to work more efficiently and also consider some various e-procurement practices such as E-ordering