... to assess the individual librarian or the contribution of his work other that those which involve the program he directs (Wasserman, 1958 , p. 382). He presciently warned that: Special libraries Libraries Benchmarking Academic libraries Best practice Today's economic realities require...

... Motivation (psychology) Leadership Management development Best practice Great managers usually exhibit nine common management practices. In this paper, examples are drawn from companies such as IBM, Nestle's, G.E., Loews', P&G, PepsiCo and Apple, to illustrate the actual application...

... for this particular facility, at least for the time being. However, demand for the product made in this facility was falling rapidly and the corporation required it to reduce costs by 20 percent to remain open. Leadership Organizational effectiveness Chief executives Economic depression Best practice...

... Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 Performance appraisal Management development Best practice Managers New Zealand This paper is a case study using the device of the cognitive script to reveal how experienced managers, in a large financial services organisation, dealt...

... from line managers. The purpose of this article is to present a best practices model for optimal development of the leadership pipeline and a series of practical recommendations for organizations. Design/methodology/approach A group of 30 CEOs and human resource executives across 15 best practice...

.... The authors determined that as the rate of environmental change increases, so does the need for the training and re‐training of the workforce. Best practice firms treat training and human resource development as a strategic need, not as a discretionary budget item whose funding may be reduced in off years...