... competencies for public library branch managers. Library management Management styles Competences Best practice Public libraries Canada A group of managers with exemplary performance and traits were identified by stakeholders and senior clerical staff who were asked to nominate branch managers...

...Anthony (Tony) Ferguson; Frederick Nesta; Colin Storey Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present the experiences of three western librarians in adapting their management styles for working and living in a new culture. Design/methodology/approach Three university library directors who...

...James Castiglione Purpose This paper aims to provide librarians with an in‐depth review of transformational management and its relation to organizational learning and adaptation. Design/methodology/approach The paper broadens the library literature related to management style, organizational...

... Libraries Management styles Trust I have conducted seminars on management in various parts of the world, mainly for librarians and mainly for staff just below the level of boss. The management of people ‐ so‐called human resource management, a term which seems to put it at the same level as stock...

..., the changed conditions in Kuwait brought about by the war are found to have imparted particular significance to the conclusions and to their implementation. © MCB UP Limited 1994 Kuwait Libraries Management styles Organizational change Human resource management Soft systems methodology...

... UP Limited 1991 Employee attitudes Libraries Management styles Training Job satisfaction Library automation LIBRARY MANAGEMENT AUTOMATION AND NON-PROFESSIONAL STAFF: THE NEGLECTED MAJORITY Phil Sykes INTRODUCTION system to a more sophisticated system, often When G.M. Trevelyan wrote...