... involvement, self-directed learning, collaborative learning and learning from practice enabled by the set-up of the course are identified as key mechanisms for the learning outcomes in relation to skills and content. Originality/value Increasingly, supply chain management graduates have to develop...

...Elliot Bendoly; Mike Prietula Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how training specific to a given operational task, and subsequent experiential learning, can heighten skill and hence shift the level of workload at which individuals are most productively motivated. Design...

...Paul D. Cousins; Larry Giunipero; Robert B. Handfield; Reham Eltantawy Purpose In the last decade there have been dramatic impacts on, and changes within, the field of purchasing/supply management. Given supply management's new strategic role, this research seeks to examine the key skills...

... is shown to be untenable, however, then the claimed universality of lean practice is called into question. © MCB UP Limited 2002 Lean production Just‐in‐time Batch production Skills The motor vehicle‐manufacturing industry has been transformed in the past two decades...

... demand and variety in work processes. “May” pertains to organizational and work designs that facilitate local decision making. The skills and abilities of the workers are covered by the modal verb “can”, while “will” refers to the attitudes of the workers towards self‐managing teams. The model may help...

..., and the extent to which the participants depended on their bosses to determine the scope of their job boundaries. Consideration of these demands and how they affect the job context may help to identify the particular skills necessary for a specific senior production management position. © MCB UP Limited 1988...