Effects of Humanitarian Supply Chain Management Practices on Organizational performance: A Case of Save the Children International Ethiopia
No Thumbnail Available
Date
2020-07
Authors
Journal Title
Journal ISSN
Volume Title
Publisher
Addis Ababa University
Abstract
The goal for humanitarian supply chain management is to minimize human suffering more specifically to prevent further loss of life and harm to humans, as well as provide immediate treatment to those with injuries and illness. The study examined the effect of humanitarian supply chain management practices on performance save the children international Ethiopia. Where the specific objectives of the study were to examine the effects of Mitigation practice,
Preparedness Practice, Response Practice and Recovery practice at save the children international Ethiopia. A census survey was conducted focusing on the operations department by deploying questionnaires to the supply chain and finance departments respectively. The researcher used structured uestionnaires to collect data. Out of the 86 questionnaires deployed, 71 questionnaires were cleaned and fed to the SPSS data analysis tool to conduct the statistical tests. A descriptive and explanatory research design was used to examine and
explain the effect of the independent variables on the dependent variables The relationships proposed in the framework were tested using Pearson correlation analysis, and the causal relations were analyzed using regression analysis. The major findings of the study showed that two of the Humanitarian Supply Chain Management Practices (Mitigation Practice and Recovery Practice) have positive and significant effect on Organizational Performance. Preparedness and response did not show a statistically significant effect on organizational
performance of SCI Ethiopia. Hence in order to achieve better organizational performance the organization should work on the two constructs.
Description
Keywords
Humanitarian Supply, Chain Management practices, Organizational Performance