Managing change
Subtitle: a how-to-do-it manual for librarians
By: Susan Carol Curzon ; foreword by Michael Gorman
Edition: Rev. ed.
Publisher: Facet Pub.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 129
ISBN-13: 9781856046015
Subjects: Organizational change; Library administration; Library personnel management; Case studies; Management; Innovations technologiques; Library planning; Bibliothéconomie; Gestion du personnel; Bibliothèques
Description: Guiding staff and organizations through turbulent times, budget cuts, personnel shortages, new technologies, reorganization and consolidation, is an absolutely necessary skill for today's library managers. Susan Curzon, one of Library Journal's Librarians of the Year, has completely revised her classic change manual. This guide outlines the step-by-step processes and detailed instructions necessary for conceptualizing the issues; planning; preparing; decision-making; controlling resistance; and implementing changes. Practical guidance for dealing with technology's impact on libraries, applying the latest research in change management, and developing new strategies for coping with change are included.
Notes: "First published in the USA by Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc., 2005"--Title page verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: How to conceptualize change; title: How to prepare the organization for change; title: How to organize the planning group; title: How to plan the change; title: How to decide what needs to change; title: How to manage individuals during change; title: How to control resistance to change; title: How to implement the change; title: How to evaluate the change; title: How to succeed : the fifteen key points; title: Change scenario 1 : adjusting to the budget cut; title: Change scenario 2 : cleaning up the cataloging backlog; title: Change scenario 3 : improving poor service at reference; title: Change scenario 4 : controlling unruly students; title: Change scenario 5 : removing the homeless from the doorway; title: Change scenario 6 : resisting outsourcing; title: Change scenario 7 : dealing with pornography in the library; title: Change scenario 8 : handling managers in conflict; title: Change scenario 9 : succeeding an unfit director; title: Change scenario 10 : competing for a staff increase; title: Change scenario 11 : reorganizing request due to staff romance; title: Change scenario 12 : compromising on the uses of new space; title: Change scenario 13 : receiving the cold shoulder; title: Change scenario 14 : taking the place of a retired director; title: Change scenario 15 : accepting a wealthy donor's useless collection.