Assessment of E-Procurement Management Practices Implementation Impediments among Selected Public Hospitals in Southwestern Nigeria
This study assessed e-procurement management practices implementation impediments among selected public hospitals in Southwestern Nigeria. These were with a view to unravel the inability of public hospitals to deploy e-procurement modules as being practiced in developed countries. The study employed descriptive research design. Primary data were gathered through administration of questionnaire. The Population of the study was 240 respondents with a sample size of 168 purposively selected from public hospitals in Southwestern Nigeria. Multi-stage sampling technique was adopted for the study. Data obtained were analysed using descriptive statistics. The study found that funding/budgetary allocation, lack of a business relationship with suppliers, inadequacy in government policies organizational readiness, staff proficiency in ICT skills, lack of IT infrastructure, lack of adequate security measures to protect data, inadequate legal requirements, lack of systematic approach to managing records and top hospital management support were the impediments to the implementation of electronic procurement management practices among selected public hospitals. The study concluded that public hospitals in the Southwestern Nigeria had challenges in the implementation of e-procurement management practices. Keywords: E-procurement Management, Public Hospitals, IT infrastructure, Records Management, Legal Requirements, Budgetary Allocation.