Skill requirements: perception of the senior Asian logisticians

Abstract

Reports the findings of a cross‐cultural survey on the skill requirements of senior‐level logistics executives as perceived by the logistics practitioners themselves from two developing South‐east Asian nations, namely, Singapore and Malaysia. The study reveals that in the sampled nations, logistics has emerged as a discipline by itself and that the logisticians in these countries are aware that to succeed as logistics executives in the complex business environment of today, they need to be multi‐skilled generalists rather than technically‐oriented specialists.

Citation

Abdur Razzaque, M. and Shafreen Bin Sirat, M. (2001), "Skill requirements: perception of the senior Asian logisticians", International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Vol. 31 No. 5, pp. 374-395. https://doi.org/10.1108/09600030110395175