Context: Understanding Impact of Competing Constraints in Teamwork
Achieving a perfect balance between mutually competing and diverse demands is a myth; for example, having a good stock of inventory to achieve the highest level of customer service has to trade off with impact on the cost of carrying inventory. Situations having a diverse set of demands therefore create a dynamic environment where each participant has to switch plans and priorities and give importance to the outcome of teamwork.
Let me elaborate on the situation with an example of a sales manager having ...