Organizational buying& buyer
behaviour
Module 2
Members of the buying center assume different
roles throughout the procurement process.
Clues for
Identifying
Powerful
Buying
Center
Members
Forces Influencing
Organizational Buying Behavior
•Economic Outlook:
Domestic & Global
A projected change Environmental •Pace of Technological
in business Change
Forces
conditions can •Global Trade Relations
drastically alter
buying plan. •Goals, Objectives, and
Organizational Strategies
Forces •Organizational Position
Organizational of Purchasing
Buying
Behavior •Roles, relative
Group influence, and patterns
Forces of interaction of buying
decision participants
•Job function, past
Individual experience, and buying
Forces motives of individual
decision participants
Weighted Point Method
Cost-Ratio Method