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Managing change : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians / Susan Carol Curzon ; foreword by Michael Gorman.

By: Series: How-to-do-it manuals for libraries ; no. 145.Publication details: New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, c2005.Edition: Rev. edDescription: xiv, 129 p. ; 28 cmISBN:
  • 1555705537 (pbk.) :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • Z678 .C885 2005
  • Z678 .C885 2005
Contents:
How to conceptualize change -- How to prepare the organization for change -- How to organize the planning group -- How to plan the change -- How to decide what needs to change -- How to manage individuals during change -- How to control resistance to change -- How to implement the change -- How to evaluate the change -- How to succeed : the fifteen key points -- Change scenario 1 : adjusting to the budget cut -- Change scenario 2 : cleaning up the cataloging backlog -- Change scenario 3 : improving poor service at reference -- Change scenario 4 : controlling unruly students -- Change scenario 5 : removing the homeless from the doorway -- Change scenario 6 : resisting outsourcing -- Change scenario 7 : dealing with pornography in the library -- Change scenario 8 : handling managers in conflict -- Change scenario 9 : succeeding an unfit director -- Change scenario 10 : competing for a staff increase -- Change scenario 11 : reorganizing request due to staff romance -- Change scenario 12 : compromising on the uses of new space -- Change scenario 13 : receiving the cold shoulder -- Change scenario 14 : taking the place of a retired director -- Change scenario 15 : accepting a wealthy donor's useless collection.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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

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