The contrarian manager : collected columns / Robert P. Holley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holley, Robert P., author.

Contributor:

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Library administration.

Physical Description:

x, 174 pages ; 26 cm

Other Title:

Journal of Library Administration.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge, 2023.

Summary:

The Contrarian Manager presents the collected articles of Robert P. Holley published in the Journal of Library Administration.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: pt. I Library Education

1. Why Don't Library Science Students Want to Become Managers?

2. Providing LIS Students with Management Skills

3. The Challenges of Teaching the Introductory LIS Management Course

4. Thoughts on Online Teaching with a Focus on Management

5. Competition, Grading, and Group Work: The Path to Cooperation

6. Bridging the Differences Between IT and LIS in Management Education

7. The Value of Fiction as Management Training

8. Interview with Dr. Ken Haycock

pt. II Management Philosophy

9. The Contrarian Manager: The Importance of Alternative Viewpoints

10. Managing Irrationality

11. Contradictory Advice

A Basic Examination of Decision Making

12. Cognitive Dissonance: A Barrier to Effective Management

13. Academic Library Users Are Not "Customers": A Response to Steven Bell

pt. III Practical Library Management

14. Library Planning and Budgeting: A Few Underappreciated Principles

15. Don't Fear the Union: Successful Management in a Unionized Library

16. Promotion: An Intractable Management Problem for Academic and Public Libraries

17. First Class Tickets

-Perks and Library Management

18. Search Committees: When Members Disagree on the Relative Importance of Candidate Qualifications.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

ebook version :

ISBN:

1032361840

9781032361840

9781032361857

1032361859

OCLC:

1331707098

Publisher Number:

99993288653