Tag Archives: Management
Are Cataloguing Departments experiencing the “Acceleration Trap”?
I read an interesting article in the April issue of the Harvard Business Review. The article, written by Heike Bruch and Jochen I. Menges introduced the idea of the “acceleration trap”, which is essentially departments, companies or organizations that take … Continue reading
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Qualities of Successful Managers
The Palinet Leadership Network recently posted a new article, Qualities of Successful Managers. Part of the article consists of one of my earlier blog posts, Talking about Management to New Library Professionals. The remainder of the article features additional bloggers … Continue reading
Filed under Our Profession, Professional Ethics
Talking about management to new professionals
Several weeks ago I was invited to speak to the management class at Dalhousie University’s School of Information Management (SIM). This was my first speaking engagement as a professional librarian and I was honoured to be asked. Although eager to … Continue reading
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