...John M. Budd; Diane L. Velasquez Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present ways for managers to attain the phenomenological attitude. Achieving effective communication in organizations like libraries and information agencies is a difficult challenge. The business literature offers some...

... opinions about privacy, boundaries, and professional relationships within social networking. Communication Twitter Academic librarians Facebook Academic libraries Social media The popularity of specific social networking sites rises and falls, but as a whole it is a trend that has gained...

... the appropriate management literature and build upon the extensive management experience of the second author. Findings Ways to increase employee motivation including enriching the work experience, effective communication, appropriate incentives, and treating each employee as an individual. Sharing tasks...

... this issue. Design/methodology/approach Using Facebook Groups to set up a class page, instructors made a case study of the flexibility, functionality and utility of using Facebook as an academic communication channel with students. Findings The resulting paper reviews the literature of Facebook's...

... with academic library directors and senior institutional managers. There was also a survey of all UK HE libraries. Findings The key issues which need to be addressed by academic libraries in terms of strategic planning are: the involvement of library staff; communication of library aims and plans externally...

... of communication among people throughout the world are vital for the success of the profession. This paper examines and analyzes the inclusion of international issues in LIS education in Europe, the USA, and Canada. The data gathered via a questionnaire survey of 60 LIS programs in Europe, the USA and Canada...