Managerial motivational skills

Most managerial, professional, and skilled jobs are fairly motivational by their nature. Factory, service, and low-skilled jobs tend naturally not to be motivational. The latter clearly represent the most obvious examples of needed applications of the motivational approach. But there are many jobs in every occupational group, and aspects of almost every job, where motivational features are low. Application of motivational job-design is often limited only by the creativity of the designer. 

This final part contains case studies from supply chain practitioners. Most are consultants describing client situations. We have asked the case writers to describe both the motivation and business logic behind their supply chain improvement projects, as well as the technical approach to a solution. The purpose is to portray by example the breadth of supply chain management (SCM) applications calling on a variety of managerial skills. 

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