...Ian D. Gordon Purpose The purpose of this article attempts to portray the unique and complex role of library middle managers. This important and influential position can be a proving ground for new and old managers as libraries continue to evolve, adjust policies, introduce new services and meet...

...Cheryl Stenstrom Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore and describe the decision-making practices of public library managers in the context of interpersonal influence and evidence-based information sources, and to investigate the relationship between models of evidence-based practice...

...Amy Chang; Kawanna Bright Purpose The purpose of this paper is to: address how the library middle management role has changed; assist middle managers in identifying new opportunities and broadening their horizon within middle management; offer strategies for middle managers to be more efficient...

...Nguyen Hong Sinh; Daniel G. Dorner; G.E. Gorman Purpose This paper aims to examine and then discuss the positive and negative influences of library manager styles on the engagement of Vietnamese university library staff in continuing education (CE) activities to improve their work performance...

... human at work, this being the key essential of good management. In a good family, this interest is based on both affection and responsibility. The parents have a strong interest in helping their children grow up, and their everyday behaviour reflects this. Good parents watch every new sign...

... Managers Performance appraisal We all know that when we receive approval we not only feel pleasure but also experience a surge of energy. Likewise, disapproval, unless it is from someone whose opinion we absolutely despise, can drain the energy out of us (Line, 1992). The total absence of approval...

... State University. Costs and benefits to the organisation and to the employee are delineated. © MCB UP Limited 2003 University libraries Managers Management development Organizational policy The literature of librarianship, education, and human resources offers much advice on how...

...Maurice B. Line Discusses the relationship between managers and their staff, focussing on the way in which the staff perceive their manager’s style. Stresses the need to know staff as people. Perhaps all a boss can do is to behave decently, openly and fairly, and also – this is vital...

...Stuart Hannabuss Philip   Holden . Ethics for Managers . Aldershot and Brookfield, Vermont : Gower   2000 . pp. viii + 198 , ISBN: ISBN 0‐566‐081115‐6   £25.00 (hardback) © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> Ethics Managers There are many approaches to ethics...

... situation, and pushes it outwards into issues of belief and life‐style. Both works reviewed here argue that effective managers take account of work and life in their own lives and those of their employees. Both recommend styles of management which seek to empower individuals and groups, make work more...

...Andrea Griffiths As the volume of publishing on the Internet grows, there is a need to provide better access to management resources on the World Wide Web. This article describes how information researchers at the Institute of Management in the UK, compiled a directory of management Web sites...

...S.A. Walters; J.E. Broady; R.J. Hartley A key area affecting library management is the effective and efficient management and development of information systems. The concept of an information systems development methodology (ISDM) is a management approach that has been virtually ignored...