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Improving Personnel Management through Evaluation.
Bender, David R. – Library Administration & Management, 1994
Discusses personnel management and personnel evaluation. Highlights include personnel manager traits; performance improvement; effective leadership; supervisory styles; examining staff skills, including human skills, technical skills, and conceptual skills; increasing productivity; and identifying problem areas in job performance and possible…
Descriptors: Administrator Characteristics, Improvement, Job Performance, Leadership
Keeping Plateaued Performers Motivated.
DeLon, Barbara A. – Library Administration & Management, 1993
Discusses the problem of keeping library staff motivated when promotions are not available. Topics addressed include the importance of management training that emphasizes communication skills; alternative ways to help employees grow, including staff development programs, lateral transfers, job rotation, and short-term projects; and helpful…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Higher Education, Library Administration, Library Personnel
Academic Libraries and Computing Centers: Opportunities for Leadership.
Martin, Marilyn J. – Library Administration & Management, 1992
Discussion of the relationship between academic libraries and academic computing centers focuses on the need for cooperation. Theoretical organizational models are discussed; administrative issues are addressed; working models of both mergers and cooperative arrangements are described; and potential problems are examined, including budget…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Budgets, Computer Centers, Cooperation
A Total Look at Total Quality Management: A TQM Perspective from the Literature of Business, Industry, Higher Education, and Librarianship.
O'Neil, Rosanna M.; And Others – Library Administration & Management, 1993
Discussion of Total Quality Management (TQM) highlights its history in business and industry, explains its use in higher education settings, and describes recent quality efforts in library services. Topics addressed include a history of quality; barriers to quality control; examples at Pennsylvania State University; and learning opportunities for…
Descriptors: Administrative Principles, Business, Higher Education, Library Administration
Developing Personnel and Staffing Standards.
Cummins, Thompson R. – Library Administration & Management, 1992
Discusses staffing needs and plans that need to be considered by library administrators. Topics addressed include the supervisory process, including patron needs assessment; the staffing process, including a staffing control system; staffing studies that establish a base for decision making; staffing standards; staffing problems; scheduling; and…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Decision Making, Guidelines, Higher Education