Professional Relationships of Merchandisers in the Apparel Industry

Professional Relationships of Merchandisers in the Apparel Industry

Noor Ahmed Raaz
Specialized in Apparel Manufacturing
Owner and Editor in Chief Textile Merchandising
Asst. Prof., Department of Textile Engineering
Atish Dipankar University of Science & Technology
Email: textilemerchandising1@gmail.com

Professional Relationship:

Merchandisers in an industry work as a team. In the apparel industry, teamwork improves productivity, so this is very important for the execution of an export order. We all know that every person has a different Personality, test, choice, perception and motivation; that’s why this teamwork is not easily found. To ensure good teamwork in an industry, a merchandiser must have an improved professional relationship and attitude. Generally every professional workplace, the employees are engaged in three kinds of relationships with each other.

1. I Win, You Lose
2. I Lose You Lose
3. I Win, You Win

These types are not only used in professional workplaces but also in textile merchandising departments. I also face this in my workplace. Now I am going to discuss in the light of my job experiences.

1. I Win You Lose:

This quality of merchandiser is selfish. They can’t tolerate others improving and are self seekers at the expense. This behavior makes a bad impression to colleagues, subordinates and seniors. They always try to stop others’ progress and improvement. This way of life is harmful for career which also destroying for the teamwork and friendly work environment. As a result, productivity falters.

2. I Lose You Lose:

There is a second category of people who have a poor mentality, and that’s why they can’t get success at the workplace and become jealous of others. This type of person wants to stop others’ success at any cost. Their mentality is “I lose, you lose”. This type of behavior and culture is creating an unfriendly environment at the workplace and conflict with each other. As a result, productivity falters.

3. I Win You Win:

In a merchandising department, this is the best method that making a co-operative and friendly relationship among merchandisers. This Friendly relationship leads to higher motivation, good morale of merchandisers therefore, a better attitude. This attitude greatly contributes to work culture and increasing productivity, which eventually leads to a win-win-win situation in an industry.

For making a win-win situation, a merchandiser should use three opportunities in the workplace.

Consolation:

Above all in this discussion, we can easily say that “I win, You Win” is the best attitude for a merchandiser. So, the merchandising sector should maintain a win-win situation with each other. The professional relationship of a merchandiser should be like this. Through this professional relationship, a merchandiser gains a strong attitude. This attitude helps to develop good teamwork and we all know that teamwork improves productivity.

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Speech from the writer:

If you read this article with full concentration, then you can easily answer the following questions-

1. Merchandising attitude for productivity
2. A Merchandising Teamwork for win-win situation
3. How to Improve Merchandising Teamwork
4. Merchandisers in an industry work
5. Merchandising relationship for an order execution