discipline – Ellery's Essays

Scolding My Subordinate Was Wrong

I scolded my subordinate manager the other day. Yelled at him, in fact. It was wrong. I should not scold, much more yell, at a person whether he works for me or not. When I scolded my manager, I negated the value of pointing out his mistake. The manager ended up not realising his errorContinue reading “Scolding My Subordinate Was Wrong”

Managing Performance

We as supply chain managers typically oversee the following: It’s all part of our job to be perfect in serving customers and productive in meeting the standards of our superiors. We manage demand to synchronise supply. We manage inventories to make available products & services and make sure we don’t have too much (or tooContinue reading “Managing Performance”