Procurement Business Partnering : An Applied Critical Perspective

This study validates a commonly found assumption concerning procurement business partnering in an organization and recommends management actions that could enhance the procurement function. The assumption is that there are critical challenges pertaining to control over resources and decision-making that constrain procurement business partners in enhancing their respective performances within the organization. This assumption is validated through a thematic analysis resulting to five critical challenges. Each critical challenge is then subjected to a transformative redefinition that, in turn, leads to certain recommended solutions