End User Involvement on Performance of Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Institutes in Kenya

Gerald Mutiso Maweu,Dr Samson Nyang’Au Paul

doi:10.47941/ijscl.461

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to assess the influence of end user involvement on performance of consultative group on international agricultural research institutes in Kenya.Methodology: This research study adopted a descriptive research design approach. The researcher prefers this method because it allows an in-depth study of the subject. The target population were procurement 152 officers in the consultative group on international agricultural research institutes in Kenya. This study used census as a rule of thumb since the population of procurement officers in consultative group on international agricultural research institutes is less than 200. The study combined two methods in its data collection that is, questionnaires and key informant interviews. After data collection, quantitative data was coded using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. Data was analyzed through descriptive statistical methods such as means, standard deviation, frequencies and percentage. Inferential analyses were used in relation to correlation analysis and regression analysis to test the relationship between the four explanatory variables and the explained variableResults and conclusion: The findings of the study indicated that need identification phase, design phase, implementation phase and maintenance phase have a positive relationship with performance of consultative group on international agricultural research institutes in Kenya.Unique contribution to theory, policy and practice: The study recommended that institutions should embrace need identification phase, design phase, implementation phase and maintenance phase so as to improve performance of consultative group on international agricultural research institutes and further researches should to be carried out in other institutions to find out if the same results can be obtained.

Highlights

End user involvement in specifications development in the private sector has consistently been poor hindering the realization of sustainable economic growth and development since the country attained her independence
According to Lazear (2010) end user involvement in specifications development refers to a process in which an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service is given by a buyer to the supplier
The findings presented shows that taking all other independent variables at zero, a unit increase in need identification phase will lead to a 0.617 increase in performance of consultative group on international agricultural research institutes

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Introduction

End user involvement in specifications development in the private sector has consistently been poor hindering the realization of sustainable economic growth and development since the country attained her independence. According to Lazear (2010) end user involvement in specifications development refers to a process in which an explicit set of requirements to be satisfied by a material, product, or service is given by a buyer to the supplier(s). This is a fair process for suppliers to ensure they are quoting on a like-for-like basis

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