MAKERERE UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL

FACULTY OF ECONOMICS, ENERGY AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF PROCUREMENT AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT
SEMESTER TWO AY 2019/2020, COURSEWORK ASSESSMENT TWO
FOR THE DEGREE OF
BACHELOR OF PROCUREMENT AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
OF MAKERERE UNIVERSITY
COURSE NAME : ELECTRONIC PROCUREMENT
COURSE CODE : PLM3204
YEAR OF STUDY : THREE
MODE OF ASSESSMENT : Individual
DATE OF ISSUE : Monday 02 November 2020
DATE OF SUBMISSION : Tuesday 17 November 2020
Key instructions to students taking the assignment.
1) This assignment MUST be done individually.
2) Students should submit their assignments in person using their personal emails. Submissions
should be in pdf files.
3) All submissions of complete assignments shall be made both by email and print copies. All
email submission shall made to mkalubanga@mubs.ac.ug. Students at upcountry campuses
should email their work to their respective course facilitators/lecturers and in copy to
mkalubanga@mubs.ac.ug. Print copies should be submitted to the course leaders who will in
term submit to the respective lecturers (lead facilitators). Deadline for submission is Tuesday
17 November 2020 by 04:59 p.m. (i.e. 16:59 hours) local time.
4) NO SUBMISSIONS SHALL BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE INDICATED AND
COMMUNICATED DEADLINE (IN 3 ABOVE).
5) The total score attainable from this course work assessment is 30 marks (to be marked out of
30 and converted to out of 15 for final grading).
6) Students are warned against plagiarism and copying of fellow students’ work. Plagiarism and
copying will lead to automatic cancellation of a student’s submission, and the victim student
shall attain a non-redeemable ZERO score in the assignment.
7) PLEASE READ AND COMPLY WITH ALL THE COURSEWORK INSTRUCTIONS
AS THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTION WHATSOEVR.

ASSINGMENT QUESTION.
The Coronavirus 2019 (Covid-19) pandemic has created unprecedented challenges for procurement
across organisations world over. The general understanding has been that globally, irrespective of size,
organisations that depend on inputs they source from overseas have been hit more than their
counterparts relying on locally sourced inputs. Accordingly, procuring organisations are increasing their
focus on digitalization of their procurement processes and adoption of e-procurement to drive efficiency
and effectiveness in their procurements. From a procuring organisation’s perspective, write a brief
account of the key procurement challenges arising from the Covid-19 pandemic, and how e-
procurement adoption provides an appropriate organisational response strategy to the Covid-19 crisis
and for the post Covid-19 era.
(Length and format requirements: At minimum 3, and not exceeding 4 pages, including all references,
Times New Romans, Font size 12, Single spacing, 1 inch all margins).
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