The ART of People Management in Libraries: Tips for Managing Your Most Vital Resource

Erscheinungsjahr 2010
ISBN: 978-1-84334-423-0
Verlag: CHANDOS PUB

Buch, Englisch, 312 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 540 g

Reihe: Chandos Information Profession

This book explores recent trends in human resource management practices and presents options for their application within the special context of libraries, especially academic and research libraries. It lays out a set of the most pressing HR management issues facing senior library leaders in the context of continuous organisational change in the 21st century and offers library practitioners effective tips for people management.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McKinlay, James

Williamson, Vicki

Fachgebiete

• Interdisziplinäres Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften Bibliothekswesen, Informationswissenschaften, Archivwesen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The library business is changing - please excuse our dust during renovations! Human resources: Your most vital resource - don't leave it to chance! The rules of the game have changed; The systems thinking approach: The framework for developing a human resource management system; Systems thinking simplified - four primary concepts; Developing your people plan - a Systems Thinking approach; Leadership in HR management practices - the people edge competencies; Ten critical HR issues within libraries; Epilogue: 'Just when we thought things were running smoothly.'.

Über Autor(innen)

McKinlay, James
James McKinlay has provided consulting services to public sector organisations throughout Canada and the USA for more than 25 years and is one of two co-founders of the Haines Centre for Strategic Management.

Williamson, Vicki
Vicki Williamson has held senior leadership positions in universities and research libraries in both Australia and Canada and her doctorial research focused on educational innovation, strategic planning and change management.

James McKinlay has provided consulting services to public sector organisations throughout Canada and the USA for more than 25 years and is one of two co-founders of the Haines Centre for Strategic Management.

Vicki Williamson has held senior leadership positions in universities and research libraries in both Australia and Canada and her doctorial research focused on educational innovation, strategic planning and change management.

Through this book, the authors share their extensive knowledge and years of experience in different organizations, in different countries, combining their solid theoretical knowledge with a contextual understanding of organisations gained from their respective roles as specialist HR consultant and library leader.