Abstract

Purpose: This paper aims to stimulate the reader into thinking creatively about the long term future of supply chain management (SCM). The disciplines of organisational behaviour (OB) and SCM share much in terms of managing the ongoing occurrence of change. This paper explores the development of these fields with a particular emphasis on how the involvement and engagement of the people [human supply chain continuum] contributes to the achievement of satisfactory change management outcomes. It provides examples of how collective creative thinking was used to generate unique solutions, to solving problems, using scenario foresight planning methodology.Design/methodology/approach: The authors commenced an assessment of the relevant literature which informed the scope of their investigation. Having assessed the legacy and contemporary applications of OB, they then methodically reviewed authoritative textbook publications, and articles in leading SCM and business journals. This enabled identification of the extent and nature of coverage of people involvement in extant literature on change management interventions.Findings: This exploratory research identified the extent to which change management interventions are addressed in the leading SCM and OB books and journal publications. The research also identified the nature of this coverage, and provided the stimulus to the authors to provoke practitioners and researchers to use creative thinking in the search for solutions to complex problems.Research limitations/implications: The paper proposes a platform for potential future research into the issues under investigation.Practical implications: The paper makes a number of recommendations aimed at supporting supply change practitioners in bringing change management initiatives to fruitful conclusions. Originality/value: This work provides a fresh perspective on the role and contribution the human supply chain continuum can make in developing creative solutions to meet the demands of the medium to long-term future. This work provides a fresh perspective on the respective roles of OB and thinking in the context of change management in the SCMenvironment.

Publication Date

2024-10-05

Event

Logistics Research Network Conference 2024

Publication Title

Logistics Research Network

Deposit Date

2026-05-01

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