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Managing Change and People in Libraries is designed to help library staff find options and compromises to personnel and management problems associated with the constant changes faced in libraries today. This text looks at theories of management, how people and processes change the stresses faced, how to analyze problems, find directions for change to be used and learn how to change negatives into positives in the workplace. The book is designed to help readers find direction and purpose in working practice. Theories explained through real life examplesAlternatives developed out of factsCommon principles of behaviour applied to management changes.
Basic theories -- Management gone wrong -- Reconstruction -- Pushing the positive -- Changing negatives to positives -- Ebbing stress -- Changing change to make a change -- Revving up enthusiam -- Design for longevity -- Production -- not luck -- Conclusion.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Oxford, [England] ; Cambridge, [England] : Chandos Publishing, ©2009