Reframing Public Procurement Challenges in Ghanaian Hospitals through Systems Thinking

Authors

  • Patrick Boateng Sarpong  School of Management, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, P.R. China
  • Du Janguo  School of Management, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, P.R. China
  • Henry Asante Antwi  School of Management, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, P.R. China
  • Kofi Baah Boamah  School of Management, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, P.R. China
  • Adeleke Banguo Oladepo   School of Management, Jiangsu University, 301 Xuefu Road, Zhenjiang, Jiangsu, P.R. China

Keywords:

Public Procurement, Challenges, Public Hospitals, Ghana

Abstract

The past two decades has witnessed the growing appreciation of relationships between precise public sector objectives and public procurement practice. In Ghana, the Public Procurement Act of 2003 (PPA) (Act 663) is a comprehensive legislation designed to eliminate the shortcomings and organizational weaknesses which were inherent in public procurement process in Ghana. Despite the influence of the PPA on transparent public procurement process, the nearly two and half decades of implementation have revealed emerging symptoms of genetic lags that were not addressed at the onset of the new procurement reform, hence decrease adherence. The study sampled data from 150 selected officers in 15 public health institutions in Ghana over a three month period. A feed forward artificial neural network was developed. Our final model contained five input layers, 12 hidden layers and 5 output layers. Each network-input-to-unit and unit-to-unit connection is modified by a weight. We observed that, the PPA is weak on the five configurations (design a dynamic and negotiable bidding process, user-friendly procurement policy language, reduction in bureaucracy, shift from technological to relationship competencies, and changes to their strategic model). The study provides evidence of the importance of systems thinking in formulating public policy formulation such as public procurement.

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Patrick Boateng Sarpong, Du Janguo, Henry Asante Antwi, Kofi Baah Boamah, Adeleke Banguo Oladepo , " Reframing Public Procurement Challenges in Ghanaian Hospitals through Systems Thinking, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 3, Issue 2, pp.712-720, March-April-2017.