Assignment details:
Select a company in Oman (excluding Sohar University) and study the role of purchasing in that organization. You should interview some key employee responsible for purchase. Additionally, you can also refer to primary or secondary data sources such as magazines, books, websites, journal articles. You are required to develop a written report with the following structure:
1. Title (e.g., Purchasing Practices at XYZ company)
2. Introduction
3. Purchasing Types and procedures
4. Critical Analyis of Purchasing process
5. Conclusions and recommendation
6. Bibliography
Your enquiry should reveal answer to the following questions in the body of the report.
Which organization did you visit?
Who was the contact point in the organization?
A brief paragraph introducing the organization.
A brief description of their major Purchase Types?
What procedure this organization follows for its major purchase types?
Who are their major suppliers
What dominates the decision to purchase? Price, Quality, Reliability, etc.
A critical reflection of how the organization is doing and where it can improve.
Written coverage for the report should not exceed 10 A4 size typed pages (excluding references).