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dc.contributor.advisorHoque, Md. Mosta Gausul
dc.contributor.authorIslam, Md. Mazedul
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-30T05:57:05Z
dc.date.available2018-05-30T05:57:05Z
dc.date.copyright2016
dc.date.issued2016-12
dc.identifier.otherID 15182020
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/10222
dc.descriptionThis dissertation is submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Masters in Procurement and Supply Management, 2016.en_US
dc.descriptionCataloged from PDF version of dissertation.
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references (page 66).
dc.description.abstractMeasuring and reporting the effectiveness of sustainable procurement is a new challenge in the field of purchasing. In many organizations the effects of sustainable purchasing have not been determined or evaluated. The procurement effectiveness reporting tool will produce information on the effects of procurement that can be then used in developing the sustainable purchasing activities in an organization. This thesis gives the reader specifically for Hifab International AB an example as a case study of an approach on how to measure and report strategic project based sustainable procurement effectiveness through different variables. This practice will contain job descriptions for all roles involved in procurement, instructions on how to handle effective communication, purchasing ethics and policies and detailed descriptions of the sustainable procurement process and its sub process. The following objectives were determined: defining different methods of measuring sustainable procurement effectiveness (1), creation of a procurement effectiveness reporting tool aligned with the corporate and procurement strategies (2) and drawing sustainable development plans for effectiveness reporting (3). The procurement effectiveness reporting tool focused on developing effectiveness factors that can be evaluated by using an evaluation scale. Due to specific demands in sustainable procurement in the private sector is vastly different from its private counterpart. Public organizationsfor example have to meet higher standards regarding transparency, integrity, accountability, and exemplary behavior(Telgen, Harland &Knight, 2007) and have to abide to different rules and regulations than private organizations when they are procuring goods and services. The notion that publicprocurementisusedasapolicytooltoreachdesiredoutcomesinsociety also makes public procurement distinct from private purchasing. By implementing sustainable procurement the Dutch government is therefore adding complexity to the alreadycomplexprocurementprocess. Implementing sustainable procurement requires organizational routines to be changed and the implementation of sustainable procurement should therefore be viewedasanorganizationalchange.Thisresearchhasconsequentlyusedtheories and insights from change management literature as a theoretical framework. Change management literature suggests that when an organizational change is studied five different aspects should be examined: process, content, context, leadership, and outcome issues (Kuiperset al., 2014). Based on the literature from both sustainable procurementandchangemanagementthemostprominentfactorsfor theimplementation of SPP were identified for each aspect: change agents and procedural justice (process), red tape (context), fit with vision (content), top management support and transformational leadership (leadership), and commitmenttochange,sustainable procurementbehavioranddegreeofsustainableprocurement(outcome). The theoretical background was established by acquiring information from literature, previous research and professional journals. The theory was used for applying ideas and methods to develop the reporting tool. Internal interviews and workshops were used to scan the challenges and issues with the current reporting tool. External interviews were used to find new ideas and concepts that could be applied to the reporting. Through the conducted research, a procurement effectiveness tool was created that fitted the needs of the commissioning organization. The tool focused on evaluating the other effects of procurement and on creating a common alignment for determining the cost savings produced.en_US
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityMd. Mazedul Islam
dc.format.extent70 pages
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBRAC Univeristyen_US
dc.rightsBRAC University dissertations are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission.
dc.subjectCapacity assessmenten_US
dc.subjectProcurementen_US
dc.titleCapacity assessment and measuring sustainable procurement practices- probing the case of an organization perspectiveen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US
dc.contributor.departmentBRAC Institute of Governance and Development, BRAC University
dc.description.degreeM. Procurement and Supply Management


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