Procurement and Inter-Functional Coordination in Multinational Oil and Gas Firms in Nigeria
Vol.6 Issue 3
This paper centred on the relationship between procurement and inter-functional coordination in multinational oil and gas firms in Nigeria. The correlational design was adopted in its structure and data was obtained from 96 management staff from 9 multinational oil and gas firms in the South-south of Nigeria. Three (3) null hypotheses were tested in line with affirming the significance and strength of the relationship between procurement and measures of inter-functional coordination such as functional design, collaboration and reward system using the Spearman’s rank order correlation coefficient. Results revealed significant correlations in all instances; hence the rejection of all hypotheses. It was concluded that actions related to procurement are essential to the health of the organization and as such draws on the correspondence and cooperation between units and groups within the organization in ways that enhance inter-functional coordination, leading to substantial outcomes of functional design, collaboration and reward system in multinational oil and gas firms in Nigeria.
