The No-Nonsense Guide to Leadership, Management and Teamwork

Barbara Allan

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English

Facet Publishing
29 April 2019

Library, archive & information management; Management: leadership & motivation; Management decision making; Project management; Time management

Series: Facet No-nonsense Guides

This book provides a straight forward and pragmatic guide to leadership, management and team working in contemporary library and information services.

Contemporary managers and leaders in library and information services are working in a challenging context; dealing with multiple demands on their time, expertise and resources. This book translates theories in team work, management and leadership into practical guidance backed up with examples and case studies from current library and information workers globally. There is a focus on attitudes, values and practices that make for good leadership and management.

The book covers:

analysing your environment, understanding culture and developing strategies working in the senior team and making an impact confident leadership and management, decision making, problem solving and managing crises leading, managing and supervising your team, establishing working practices and conflict management delegation, dealing with overload and evaluating outcomes managing large and small projects and the people side of projects innovation and management of the change process communications, managing e-mails and text messages and effective use of social media recruitment and selection and performance management managing and leading complex teams including collaborative, multi-professional, partnership and virtual teams budgeting, managing finances, tendering, crowdfunding and taking part in audits managing work/life balance, coaching and mentoring, emotional intelligence, resilience and mindfulness.

The No-Nonsense Guide to Leadership, Management and Teamwork is a book that a new or aspiring manager or team leader will use to guide them through the first few years in their new role. It will also provide guidance and support to new or aspiring directors of library services and help them to navigate their way through decision making and problem solving at senior levels. In addition, individual practitioners who are struggling to understand the management and leadership practices that they are experiencing may find that it helps them to make sense of their current environment.

By: Barbara Allan
Imprint: Facet Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781783303977
ISBN 10: 1783303972
Series: Facet No-nonsense Guides
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 29 April 2019
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Barbara Allan is an author and trainer. Her background includes managing workplace and academic libraries. She has spent many years working in business schools where her focus was on enhancing learning, teaching and the student experience, and the internationalization and employability agendas. Her qualifications include a doctorate in education (on the topic of e-mentoring and women into leadership). She is a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and was awarded a National Teaching Fellowship in 2008. Barbara is a Member of CILIP and the author of several Facet Publishing titles including, The No-nonsense Guide to Project Management (2017) Emerging Strategies for Supporting Student Learning (2016), The No-nonsense Guide to Training in Libraries (2013), Supporting Research Students (2009) Project Management (2004) Supervising and Leading Teams in ILS (2006) and Blended Learning (2007).