Guide to Library And Information Agency Management

by Curran, Charles E.; Miller, Lewis

• ISBN13: 9780810851153
• ISBN10: 0810851156
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-10-13
• Publisher: Scarecrow Press

Summary

This guide identifies major concerns and involves interested parties in thoughtful consideration and discussion of challenges and opportunities embedded in managerial and administrative practice. By talking about the management of information places and with managers and mangers-to-be, authors Curran and Miller provide a more thorough and realistic outlook on the managerial experience. The authors assert that: · Information agencies of all stripes share a common purpose · The act of deciding is the primary administrative/managerial responsibility · Knowledge Management must replace mere acquisition, storage and dissemination · The budget process is every bit as important as the budget document · Interpersonal issues dominate · Meetings soak up time Tackling many issues that other management books won't touch (e.g. sex in the office place, cliques, emphasis on political behavior, specific mistakes that cripple managers, and managing contradictions and paradoxes), this book is an excellent resource for all administrators.

Author Biography

Lewis Miller is a professor of library and information science at Indiana University. Charles Curran is a professor at the School of Library and Information Science, University of South Carolina.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	v
Foreword	vii
Introduction	ix
The Nature of the Information Place	1	(30)
Managing Communication and Representation	31	(24)
Leadership and Management	55	(18)
A Brief History of Organizational Thought from the Garden of Eden to the Fish Market	73	(32)
Human Resources	105	(30)
Political Behavior	135	(18)
Budgeting	153	(24)
Learning about Management from Experience	177	(38)
The External Environment	215	(20)
A Field Guide to Mistakes Managers Make	235	(26)
Managing the Paradoxes	261	(26)
Information Policy	287	(12)
Knowledge Management	299	(26)
You Will Not See This in Other Information Place Management Texts	325	(16)
Index	341	(6)
About the Authors	347