dc.description.abstract | Disaster whether its man-made in the form of terrorist attacks or natural in the form of
earthquakes are happening around the world and the next one might be closer than we think.
Mogadishu has been experiencing one of its worst moments in the history. Since 2010, there
have been a number of terrorist attacks, which is a man-made disaster, and they cost the lives
of many civilians and injured many more with the financial cost uncounted. The study sought
to determine the relationship between humanitarian logistics integration and disaster response
for humanitarian organizations in Mogadishu, Somalia. The study was informed by the
following specific objectives; to determine the extent of humanitarian logistics integration for
humanitarian organizations in Mogadishu, Somalia, to establish the relationship between
humanitarian logistics integration and disaster response for humanitarian organizations in
Mogadishu, Somalia and to investigate the challenges of implementing humanitarian logistics
integration for humanitarian organizations in Mogadishu, Somalia. The study adopted a
quantitative method of inquiry with a descriptive research design. The population of the study
comprised of 35 humanitarian organizations in Mogadishu, Somalia and a census was
employed thus the sample size was not large. The study collected primary data using
questionnaires. To analyze data, both descriptive and inferential statistics were employed.
The study had four independent variables i.e. planning, inventory management,
transportation, and information technology. The study established that there was integration
in those humanitarian logistics elements for humanitarian organizations ranked as follows:
information technology (M=3.89), inventory management (M=3.83), transport management
(M=3.82) and lastly planning (M=3.70). All the independent variables had positive and
significant relationship with disaster response as shown by the results that is Planning
(β=0.150, p=0.012<0.05), Inventory management (β=0.475, p=0.000<0.05), transport
management (β=0.182, p=0.034<0.05) and information technology (β=0.404, p=0.001<0.05).
The most significant challenges in humanitarian logistics integration included donor pressure
(M=3.99), lack of finance (M=3.87), poor infrastructure (M=3.73), organizational culture
(M=3.66) and resistance to change (M=3.63). The study concludes that there was information
technology, inventory management, transport management and lastly planning. Planning,
inventory management, transport management and information technology has a positive and
significant relationship with disaster response among humanitarian organizations. The most
significant challenges in humanitarian logistics integration included donor pressure, lack of
finance, poor infrastructure, organizational culture and resistance to change. The study
recommends that the senior management team of all the humanitarian organizations in
Mogadishu, Somalia should increase their support and commitment towards logistics
integration to enhance timely response to disasters. The government of Somalia should also
invest in improving and restructuring of infrastructure in order to improve on timely response
to disasters among humanitarian organizations. | en_US |