The literature on management is rich and varied. General management texts abound as do books and articles on every conceivable function of management. Applied management texts are available for almost every kind of professional work and the library and information science field is no exception. Below are a select few from this wealth of material. Consider it a teaser only and explore the topic on your own.

General Works on Management and Leadership.

Daft, R.L. The Leadership Experience. Fort Worth, TX: Harcourt College Publishers, 2002.

Gordon, J.R. Organizational Behavior; A Diagnostic Approach. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
This book has been published every two or three years in a new edition. The most recent edition is the 7th edition 2002 but earlier editions are still useful.

Robbins, Stephen P. and David DeCenzo. Fundamentals of Management. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2004.

Management Texts in LIS Field

Evans, G. Edward, Patricia Layzell Ward, and BEndik Rugaas. Management Basics for Information Professionals. New York: Neal-Schuman, 2000.

Massis, Bruce E., The Practical Library Manager. New York: Haworth Press, 2003.

Stueart, R.D. & Moran, B.B. Library and Information Center Management. 6th ed. Englewood, CO: Libraries Unlimited, 2002.
See associated website with an extensive bibliography, case studies, examples of strategic plans, organization charts, job descriptions, and the like -- lu.com/management/index.html

Specialized General Management Texts

Beerli, Afred J., Svenja Falk, Daniel Diemers, eds. Knowledge Management and Networked Environments: Leveraging Intellectual Capital in Virtual Business Communities. New YOrk: AMACOM, 2003.

Brown, John Seely and Paul Duguid. The Social Life of Information. Boston: Harvard Business School Press, 2000.

Choo, Chun Wei. Information Management for the Intelligent Organization; The Art of Scanning the Environment. Medford, NJ: Information Today, 2002.

Davenport, Thomas H. and Laurence Prusak. What's the Big Idea? Creating and Capitalizing on the Best Management Thinking. Boston: Harvard Business School, 2003.

Hall, L.A. Becoming a Manager: How New Managers Master the Challenges of Leadership. 2nd ed. Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 2003.

Mintzberg, Henry. The Strategy Process: Concepts, Contexts, Cases. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall, 2003.

Quinn, Robert E. Building the Bridge as You Walk on It: A Guide for Leading Change. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2004.

Quinn, Robert E. Change the World: How Ordinary People can Achieve Extraordinary Results. San Francisco: Jossey Bass, 2000.

Specialized LIS Management Texts

Bridges, Karl., ed. Expectations of Librarians in the 21st Century. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2003.
Foreword to this collection of articles by Leigh Estabrook.

Frenzel, Carroll W. and John C. Management of Information Technology. Thomson, 2004.

Hayes, Robert M. Models for Library Management, Decision-making and Planning. San Diego, CA: Academic, 2001. Includes CD.

Hernon, Peter, Ronald R. Powell and Arthur P. Young. The Next Library Leadership: Attributes of Academic and Public Library Directors. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited, 2003.

Mayo, Diane and Jeanne Goodrich. Staffing for Results: A Guide to Working Smarter. Chicago: American Library Association, 2002.

Nelson, Sandra and June Garcia. Creating Policies for Results: From Chose to Clarity. Public Library Association. Chicago: ALA, 2003.

Siess, Judith. Time Management, Planning and Prioritization for Librarians. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002.

Srikantaiah, T. Kanti and Michael E.D. Koenig, eds.. Knowledge Management for the Information Professional. Information Today, 2000.

Stover, Mark. Leading the Wired Organization: The Information Professional's Guide to Managing Technological Change. New York: Neal-Schuman, 1999.

Revised 6/10/2004
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