Motivating Today's Library Staff
Author: Dana C. Rooks
Publisher: Phoenix, N.Y. : Oryx Press
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 190
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Dana C. Rooks
Publisher: Phoenix, N.Y. : Oryx Press
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 190
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: Connie Christopher
Publisher: American Library Association
Published: 2003-07-28
Total Pages: 92
ISBN-13: 9780838908587
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Whether working to empower individuals, teams or the whole library, these guidelines make possible effective management of scarce resources--time, people, and money. They also help enhance your team's morale, innovation, continuous improvement, and customer service--the building blocks for funding libraries' vital and ongoing role in their communities.
Author: Brian Tracy
Publisher: AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 131
ISBN-13: 0814433111
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Most of your employees have all the ingredients for greatness inside them already. They simply need you to motivate them. Learn how today!
Author: Janice Simmons-Welburn
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2004-01-30
Total Pages: 196
ISBN-13: 0313052808
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This book provides a comprehensive look at issues that shape the nature of Human Resources in academic libraries. Libraries in varying academic environments have undergone tremendous change during the last two decades of the 20th century as they have sought redefinition as learning organizations. As organizations they have experienced significant changes in the role and definition of professionalism, along with challenges from such shifting workplace demographics as age and ethnicity and technological issues, which have also had direct impact on the recruitment and retention of staff. Much of the attention of human resources administrators in academic libraries has focused on an array of issues that mirrors concerns across campuses: affirmative action and diversity, the rights of employees with disabilities under the Americans with Disabilities Act, the impact of the Family Medical Leave Act and other directives on employee benefits, salary equity, and a desire among employees for flexible work schedules.
Author: Peter Jordan
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-07-05
Total Pages: 324
ISBN-13: 135189837X
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This standard text has been fully revised and updated for its fourth edition to reflect continuing technological changes, as well as issues such as social inclusion, lifelong learning and European employment legislation. Chapter 1 on the working environment has been completely rewritten. The present environment brings problems of staff motivation, de-professionalization and the loss of control: Chapter 2 reminds readers of basic motivation theories, now presented in a more logical sequence, and how to deal with such problems. Chapter 3 on workforce planning has been retitled Human Resource Planning and revised to take into account the modes of staffing appropriate for today's turbulent environment. Effective human resource planning requires excellent selection and recruitment procedures: best practice and developments in this area are explored in Chapters 4, Job Descriptions and Person Specifications, and 5, Recruitment and Selection of Staff. In Chapter 6 on staff appraisal more attention has been given to multi-rating approaches, such as 360° whereby different aspects of work can be assessed by different groups of people, and to appraisal of junior by senior staff. The last decade has seen increased emphasis on training and development to deliver high quality services in a climate of constant change. Chapter 7 has therefore been reordered and expanded in order to reflect new approaches and changes in this area. In Chapter 8, Staff Supervision and Interpersonal Skills, recent emphasis on leadership and counselling skills are reflected, as is the growing need to do more with less through enhanced time management and stress management techniques. With this new edition, this core guide brings professionals involved in managing library and information staff up to date with how to cope with the most pressing problems and challenges in today's fast-changing environment.
Author: Margaret Zelman Law
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2017-09-21
Total Pages: 208
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Specifically written about the library work environment, this book offers strategies for creating and maintaining a positive and supportive LIS environment that will engage all types of staff, resulting in increased performance. Workplace engagement is a growing trend in management for good reason: the success of any organization depends as much on the mindsets and attitudes of the staff as any other factor or material component. This book shares research-derived strategies for creating and maintaining a positive LIS environment that will engage and empower all types of library employees—strategies that will boost worker engagement and improve performance. The information in Cultivating Engaged Staff: Better Management for Better Libraries is based on the author's doctoral research investigating the conditions that lead to higher levels of workplace engagement and how these elements interact to create an environment that supports engagement. Readers will come away with a clear understanding of how to apply these research findings in the LIS field, with particular reference to the changing technological environment, the nature of the work, and the legislative and political environment. The book also includes real-life stories that enable managers to view their own behavior through the eyes of other colleagues and workers.
Author: Melanie J. Norton
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2017-12-20
Total Pages: 164
ISBN-13: 1442272201
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Transforming Medical Library Staff for the Twenty-First Century focuses on how the medical library can redeploy its staff to support these new services through actively engaging and empowering them in the process. It shares best practices in developing and motivating staff to accept and welcome the changing priorities of medical libraries.