Stock Control and Organizational Operations A Case Study of Kampala City Council

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ........................................................................................................................................... II

APPROVAL ................................................................................................................................................... m

DEDICATION ............................................................................................................................................... Ill

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ............................................................................................................................. v

TABLE OF CONTENTS .............................................................................................................................. VI

CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................................ I

BACKGROUND ........................................................................................................................................... 1

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM ........................................................................................................... 4

PURPOSE OF THE STUDY ........................................................................................................................ 4

OBJECTIVE OF THE STUDY ................................................................................................................... 4

RESEARCH QUESTIONS .......................................................................................................................... 4

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................................. 5

SCOPE OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................................................. 5

AREA OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................................................... 5

DEFINITION OF TERMS ........................................................................................................................... 5

CHAPTER TWO .......................................................................................................................................... 6

LITERATURE REVIEW ................................................................................................................................ 6

INTRODUCTION ........................................................................................................................................... 6

STOCK CONTROL AND STOCK LEVELS ............................................................................................ 6

MAXI!vIUM STOCK LEVEL .............................................................................................................................. 8

REORDER LEVEL ............................................................................................................................................ 9

MINIMUM STOCK LEVEL .............................................................................................................................. 11

DIFFERENTIAL CONTROL (ABC ANALYSIS) .................................................................................. 12

THE ISSUANCE FUNCTION ................................................................................................................... 15

TIMING OF ISSUES .................................................................................................................................. 17

CHAPTER THREE .................................................................................................................................... 22

METHODOLOGY ...................................................................................................................................... 22

INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 22

RESEARCH DESIGN ................................................................................................................................ 22

AREA OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................................................. 22

STUDY POPULATION .............................................................................................................................. 22

SAMPLE SELECTION .............................................................................................................................. 22

SAMPLE SIZE ............................................................................................................................................ 23

STUDY VARIABLES ................................................................................................................................. 23

INSTRUMENT OF DAT A COLLECTION ............................................................................................. 23

SOURCES OF DAT A ................................................................................................................................. 23

PROCEDURES OF DATA COLLECTION ............................................................................................. 23

DATA PROCESSING AND PRESENTATION ....................................................................................... 24

PRE-TESTING ........................................................................................................................................... 24

LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY ............................................................................................................. 24

CHAPTER FOUR ....................................................................................................................................... 24

INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 25

RESULTS AND INTERPRETATION ...................................................................................................... 25

CHAPTER FIVE ......................................................................................................................................... 30

DISCUSSION, SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION ...................................... 30

INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................................................... 30

DISCUSSION OF THE FINDINGS .......................................................................................................... 30

SUMMARY ................................................................................................................................................. 31

CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................................ 32

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RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................................................ 32

REFERENCES ............................................................................................................................................ 33

APPENDICES ............................................................................................................................................. 34

APPENDIX A: INTRODUCTORY LETTER .............................................................................................. 34

APPENDIX B: KAMPALA CITY COUNCIL AND ITS DIVISIONS . ................................................................. 35

APPENDIX C: MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE OF KAMPALA CITY COUNCIL .................................................... 36

APPENDIX D: QUESTIONNAIRE .......................................................................................................... 37