| Description |
1 online resource (xix, 197 pages) : illustrations |
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Chandos informational professional series, 2052-210X |
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Chandos information professional series
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| Contents |
Transformational change : planning, processes and people. Who what is 'transformational change'? -- Organisational resistance to change : 'I wouldn't start from here!' -- Staff resistance to change : 'that's now how we do things here ... ' -- It's all about the people -- When does it all end? -- Transformational change : case studies. Transforming library services : the University of Exeter experience / Stephen Mossop -- Leadership to transform our library : a case study of the University Library, University of Saskatchewan, Canada / Vicki Williamson -- Transforming library services : the University of Central Lancashire experience / Jeremy Andrew |
| Summary |
Academic libraries undergo episodes of strategic change. Transformational change may be seen as fundamentally different from other kinds of change. A part of this process is often deep level cultural change. At the individual level this may be traumatic, but at the strategic level, such change can prove essential. Achieving Transformational Change in Academic Libraries explores the purpose and nature of 'Transformational Change' and its exponents, and discusses the benefits and limitations of its place in an academic library setting. The title is divided into five chapters, covering: a definition of transformational change; drivers of transformational change and its place in a strategic change agenda; selling the vision of cultural change; human resource issues and cultural change; and the nature of change as a constant. Provides innovative interdisciplinary researchOffers context-free, practical examples of the role of transformational leadership in achieving cultural change and strategic organisational developmentExplores the sometimes ambiguous relationship between transformational and transactional leadership |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-190) and index |
| Notes |
Copyright #169: Elsevier Science Technology 2013 |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Academic libraries.
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Organizational change.
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Organizational Innovation
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academic libraries (institutions)
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FICTION -- General.
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Academic libraries
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Organizational change
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| Genre/Form |
Fiction
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Fiction.
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Romans.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013375951 |
| ISBN |
9781780633909 |
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1780633904 |
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1306176867 |
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9781306176866 |
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