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Managing in a Change Environment: From Coping to Comfort.
Goble, David S. – Library Administration and Management, 1997
Discusses the accelerating pace of change that librarians must cope with and suggests looking to the private sector for strategies to become more comfortable with change. Describes the five disciplines comprising the learning organization culture: systems thinking, personal mastery, mental models, shared vision, and team learning. (LRW)
Descriptors: Change Strategies, Learning Strategies, Librarians, Library Administration
Managing the Human Side of Change.
Buch, Kim – Library Administration and Management, 1997
Offers suggestions and strategies designed to enhance skills for planning, motivating, and implementing organizational change for librarians assuming the role of change agent. Highlights include the human side of change, including fear and anxiety; and a process model of change that includes three stages: endings, transitions, and new beginnings.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Change Agents, Change Strategies, Librarians
Change: Challenges and Coping, Part II.
Osif, Bonnie A.; Harwood, Richard L. – Library Administration and Management, 2000
Discusses how managers can handle change and cope with stress, describes a number of books that address these issues, and relates them to library administration. Highlights include organizational change; stress reduction; human behavior and the tools of change; communication skills; leadership strategies; and the use of humor. (LRW)
Descriptors: Administrator Behavior, Change Strategies, Communication Skills, Coping
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Profile and the Organization.
Hendrickson, Kent; Giesecke, Joan R. – Library Administration and Management, 1994
Describes how the University of Nebraska-Lincoln libraries used the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) as a way to understand the personality profile of the overall organization. The MBTI personality types of the library's 33 managers are summarized. Implications for managing the organization and specific approaches are discussed. (two references)…
Descriptors: Administrators, Affective Behavior, Change Strategies, College Libraries
"I Ain't No Cowboy, I Just Found This Hat": Confessions of an Administrator in an Organization of Self-Managing Teams.
Lubans, John – Library Administration and Management, 1996
Explain's Duke University Library's change from a hierarchical management structure to one of self-managing teams developed within a total quality management (TQM) framework. Emphasizes the personal views and experiences of a manager responsible for implementing and guiding the process of change. (JKP)
Descriptors: Library Administration, Library Development, Library Personnel, Library Planning
Reorganizations: An Interview with Staff from the University of Arizona Libraries.
Giesecke, Joan R. – Library Administration and Management, 1994
Librarians from the University of Arizona describe the process of reorganizing from a traditional to a team-centered, user-focused organization. The reasons for reorganizing, the preliminary self-study process, the design and implementation of the new structure, staff participation and reaction, developing staff teamwork, and advice for other…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Libraries, Committees, Higher Education
Helping Teams Work: Lessons Learned from the University of Arizona Library Reorganization.
Diaz, Joseph R.; Pintozzi, Chestalene – Library Administration and Management, 1999
Describes library reorganization at the University of Arizona resulting from fiscal challenges and the need for current technology. Highlights include: the restructuring process and customer focus; team functioning and the learning organization, including training issues, communication, empowerment, and evaluation/assessment; current challenges,…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Change Strategies, Communication (Thought Transfer), Compensation (Remuneration)