EMBRACING DYNAMIC INDUSTRIALISATION IN TANZANIA: THE ROLE OF PROCUREMENT COMPETENCIES
H. K. SAMA *
Procurement and Supplies Department, College of Business Education, Dodoma Campus, P. O. Box 2077, Dodoma, Tanzania.
Y. MASOUD
Procurement and Supplies Department, College of Business Education, Dar es Salaam Campus, P. O. Box 1968, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
This study mainly assumes that procurement is a kind of special competence which, if acquired, may sustain industrial competitiveness. Intention of this study is to explain influence of procurement competencies on enhancing dynamic industrialisation in Tanzania. The multiple regression analysis was used to determine effects of procurement competencies on embracing dynamic industrialisation in Tanzania. A survey on manufacturing firms was undertaken in examining relationships between procurement competencies and dynamic industrialisation in Tanzania using administration of questionnaire while data were collected were analysed through descriptive statistics and multiple regression analysis. Findings suggested that limited technical procurement competencies and procurement behavioural competencies when interrelated with innovative capability, technological capability, government intervention and change management significantly affects sustainable procurement competencies on embracing dynamic industrialisation in Tanzania. The study’s findings imply that there is limited understanding regarding the role procurement competencies on embracing dynamic industrialisation in Tanzania. This article suggests solutions which procurement professionals and organisations can implement in order to unlock the potential value in the dynamic industrialisation in Tanzania.
Keywords: Dynamic industrialization, procurement competencies