Organizational Effectiveness in Libraries: A Review and Some Suggestions.

Aversa, Elizabeth

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ERIC Number: EJ263430

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Publication Date: 1981

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Organizational Effectiveness in Libraries: A Review and Some Suggestions.

Aversa, Elizabeth

Drexel Library Quarterly, v17 n2 p27-45 Spr 1981

Reviews some approaches to organizational effectiveness suggested by organizational theorists, reports on the applications of these theories in libraries, develops some hypotheses regarding the assessment of performance in libraries, and describes a model which synthesizes some of the approaches. A 52-item reference list is attached. (Author/JL)

Descriptors: Cost Effectiveness, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Institutional Evaluation, Library Administration, Library Services, Models, Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Objectives, Productivity, Systems Approach

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Opinion Papers

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Language: English

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