Field Guide to Library and Information Agency Management

This guide identifies major concerns and involves interested parties in thoughtful consideration and discussion of challenges and opportunities embedded in managerial and administrative practice. By talking about the management of information places and with managers and mangers-to-be, authors Curran and Miller provide a more thorough and realistic outlook on the managerial experience. The authors assert that: * Information agencies of all stripes share a common purpose * The act of deciding is the primary administrative/managerial responsibility * Knowledge Management must replace mere acquisition, storage and dissemination * The budget process is every bit as important as the budget document * Interpersonal issues dominate * Meetings soak up time Tackling many issues that other management books won't touch (e.g. sex in the office place, cliques, emphasis on political behavior, specific mistakes that cripple managers, and managing contradictions and paradoxes), this book is an excellent resource for all administrators.

ISBN 0810851156   Pages 368 ISBN13 9780810851153 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Scarecrow Press   Weight (grammes) 417 Imprint Scarecrow Press   Published in Lanham, MD Format Paperback   Height (mm) 214 Publication date 28 Sep 2005   Width (mm) 153 Library of Congress 2005013271   Spine width (mm) 21 DEWEY 023.9   Academic level Professional / Scholarly DEWEY edition DC22

1		The nature of the information place		1
2		Managing communication and representation		31
3		Leadership and management		55
4		A brief history of organizational thought from the garden of Eden to the fish market		73
5		Human resources		105
6		Political behavior		135
7		Budgeting		153
8		Learning about management from experience		177
9		The external environment		215
10		A field guide to mistakes managers make		235
11		Managing the paradoxes		261
12		Information policy		287
13		Knowledge management		299
14		You will not see this in other information place management texts		325

Broad in scope and written in an easy-to-read style, this guide can most appropriately be used as an introduction to management for library and information science students...useful for those in larger organizations who need to conduct in-house management training sessions. Info Career Trends Acknowledging the rapid changes in technologies and expectations for libraries and other information management agencies, and the special and diverse laws, rules, and standards of practice involved, Curran (library and information science, U. of South Carolina) and Miller (library and information science, Indiana U.) also cover many of the issues that others avoid, such as sex in the workplace, office cliques, political behavior, crippling mistakes and management contradictions. They describe the unique nature of the information place, the importance of decision-making, the process of budgeting (which is just as important as the budget document) and the external environment (such as privacy and laws regarding the expression of opinion.) Reference and Research Book News

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