INFLUENCE OF ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE RELATED INSTITUTIONAL POLICIES ON INVENTORY MANAGEMENT IN KENYAN JUDICIARY
Benjamin Mutua Mutuvi - Master of Business Administration, Faculty of Business, Communication and Computer Studies, St. Paul’s University, Kenya
Dr. Charity Muraguri (PhD) - St. Paul’s University, Kenya
Dr. Godfrey Kinyua (PhD) - St. Paul’s University, Kenya
ABSTRACT
The study aimed at assessing the influence of Electronic Data interchange (EDI) related institutional policies on inventory management in the Kenyan judiciary. The study adopted a descriptive research design with a target population of 450 respondents. Proportionate stratified random sampling method was used to obtain the sample size. The study sample size therefore incorporated 225 respondents who included 10 top level management personnel representing a percentage of 5%, 25 middle level management personnel representing 11% and 190 lower level management personnel representing 84%. The study collected data by use of questionnaires which were administered. The researcher then analyzed the data by use of qualitative and quantitative statistics. The quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential methods. Inferential statistics was used through multiple regression analysis which was conducted using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS). Results of quantitative analysis were presented through figures and tables. From the descriptive analysis, it was found out that institutional policies influenced inventory management in the Kenyan judiciary to great or moderate extent since a unit increase in institutional policies will lead to a 0.679 increase in the inventory management in the Kenyan Judiciary with a p value of 0.000. From the ANOVA results the significance value was found to be 0.000 which is less than p=0.05. Therefore the model was found to be statistically significant in predicting how EDI related institutional policies influence inventory management in the Kenya Judiciary.
