Managing change : a how-to-do-it manual for librarians / Susan Carol Curzon ; foreword by Michael Gorman.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Curzon, Susan Carol.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Neal-Schuman Publishers, [2005]
Edition:Revised edition.
Series:How-to-do-it manuals for libraries ; no. 145.
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Table of Contents:
  • How to conceptualize change
  • How to prepare the organization for change
  • How to organize the planning group
  • How to plan the change
  • How to decide what needs to change
  • How to manage individuals during change
  • How to control resistance to change
  • How to implement the change
  • How to evaluate the change
  • How to succeed : the fifteen key points
  • Change scenario 1 : adjusting to the budget cut
  • Change scenario 2 : cleaning up the cataloging backlog
  • Change scenario 3 : improving poor service at reference
  • Change scenario 4 : controlling unruly students
  • Change scenario 5 : removing the homeless from the doorway
  • Change scenario 6 : resisting outsourcing
  • Change scenario 7 : dealing with pornography in the library
  • Change scenario 8 : handling managers in conflict
  • Change scenario 9 : succeeding an unfit director
  • Change scenario 10 : competing for a staff increase
  • Change scenario 11 : reorganizing request due to staff romance
  • Change scenario 12 : compromising on the uses of new space
  • Change scenario 13 : receiving the cold shoulder
  • Change scenario 14 : taking the place of a retired director
  • Change scenario 15 : accepting a wealthy donor's useless collection.