INF 1230: Management of Information Organizations
Instructor: Joel Alleyne
READINGS – Draft THIS LIST MAY BE UPDATED
The course textbook is:
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Barbara B. Moran and Claudia J. Morner. Library and Information Center Man- agement. 9th ed. Santa Barbara, CA: Libraries Unlimited, 2017.
[Earlier editions can be used]
I. Historical Development of Management Thought.
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Moran, Stueart, Morner. Chapter 2 (Evolution of Management Thought). In Library
and Information Center Management, 8th ed., Libraries Unlimited, 2012.
II.
Motivation.
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Evans, G. Edward, Patricia Layzell Ward, and Bendik Rugaas. Chapter 12. In
Management Basics for Information Professionals. Revision of 2d ed., 325–358.
New York: Neal-Schuman, 2000.
Harvard Business Review 81, no. 1 (January 2003). Special issue on Motivating
People. Overview article and papers by Frederick Herzberg (job satisfaction),
Harry Levinson (MBO), etc.
Brewer, Gene. (2011). A Symposium on Public Service Motivation: Expanding the
Frontiers of Theory and Empirical Research. Review of Public Personnel Admin- istration, vol. 31, no. 1: 3-9.
Moran, Stueart, Morner. Chapter 13 (Motivation). In Library and Information Cen- ter Management, 8th ed., Libraries Unlimited, 2012.
III. Leadership.
BF637 .L4 B37; 158.4 B472PA (2 hour loan, 2004 edition)
Bennis, W. (1994). On Becoming A Leader. New York: Perseus Books. (Introduction;
Understanding the Basics; Knowing Yourself; Knowing the World.)
Morgeson, Frederick, D. DeRue, Elizabeth Karam. (2010). Leadership in Teams: A
Functional Approach to Understanding Leadership Structures and Processes. Jour- nal Of Management, vol. 36, no. 1: 5-39.
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Handy, Charles. Understanding Organizations. 4th ed., Chapter 5 (On Power and
Influence), New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
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Moran, Stueart, Morner. Chapter 14 (Leadership). In Library and Information Cen- ter Management, 8th ed., Libraries Unlimited, 2012.
IV. Teamwork.
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Handy, Charles. Understanding Organizations. 4th ed., Chapter 6 (On the Working
of Groups), New York: Oxford University Press, 1993.
Kozlowski, S.W.J., & Ilgen, D.R. (2006). Enhancing the Effectiveness of Work
Groups and Teams. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 7(3): 77-124.
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Moran, Stueart, Morner. Chapter 17 (Use of Teams in Libraries). In Library and In- formation Center Management, 8th ed., Libraries Unlimited, 2012.
V.
Managing Conflict.
Brahnam, Sheryl, D; Margavio, Thomas, M; Hignite, Michael, A.; Barrier, Tonya,
B.; Chin, Jerry, M. (2005). A gender-based categorization for conflict
resolution. Journal of Management Development, vol. 24, no. 3: 197-208.
Hinds, P.J., & Bailey, D.E. (2004). Out of Sight, Out of Sync: Understanding Con- flict in Distributed Teams. Organization Science, 14 no. 6: 615-632.
Thomas, K.W. (2006). Making Conflict Management a Strategic Advantage (White
Paper). Mountain View, CA: Consulting Psychologists Press: available
athttp://www.cpp.com/content/conflict_whitepaper.pdf [cache]
VI. Organizational Structure and Design.
James, Constance. R. (2003). Designing Learning Organizations. Organizational
Dynamics, vol. 32, no. 1: 46-61
Leavitt, Harold J. (2003). Why Hierarchies Thrive. Harvard Business Review 81,
no. 3: 96-102.
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Moran, Stueart, Morner. Chapter 8, 9 (Structuring the Organization). In Library
and Information Center Management, 8th ed., Libraries Unlimited, 2012.
VII.
Supervision and Delegation.
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Davys, Allyson and Liz Beddoe. (2010). Best Practice in Professional Supervision.
London: Jessica Kingsley Publishers. (Chapter 2)
Erkkila, John and Pamela MacKay. (1990). Practical Supervision: The First Line of
Management. Journal of Library Administration 12, no. 1: 103–115.
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Handy, Charles. Understanding Organizations. 4th ed., p. 279-290, New York: Ox- ford University Press, 1993. (Also available as a Penguin paperback.)
VIII. Communication.
Argyris, C. (1994). Good Communication That Blocks Learning. Harvard Business
Review, 71(4), 77-88.
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Grosser, K. (1991). Human Networks in Organizational Information Processing. In
M.E. Williams (Ed.), Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (Vol.
26, pp. 349-402). Medford, NJ: Learned Information, Inc.
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Moran, Stueart, Morner. Chapter 16 (Communication). In Library and Information
Center Management, 8th ed., Libraries Unlimited, 2012.
IX. Financial Management.
Guest speaker. Readings to be posted.
X. Labour Relations.
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Gunderson, Morley and Daphne Taras, eds. Canadian Labour and Employment
Relations.
6th ed. Toronto: Pearson Addison Wesley, 2009. Read selectively:
o Chapter 8:
"Collective Bargaining Legislation in Canada."
o Chapter 9:
"The Individual Employment Contract and Employment Legisla- tion in Canada."
o Chapter 11:
"The Collective Agreement."
o Chapter 15:
"Public-Sector Collective Bargaining."
XI.
Planning, Goals and Objectives.
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Moran, Stueart, Morner. Chapter 4 (Strategic Planning). In Library and Information
Center Management, 8th ed., Libraries Unlimited, 2012.
Bryson, John M. (1999). Strategic Planning in Smaller Nonprofit Organiza- tions. [PDF] (See also: Bryson 1995. Strategic Planning for Pubic and Nonprofit Or- ganizations. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass; Bryson 1988. A Strategic Planning Process
for Public and Nonprofit Organizations. Long Range Planning 21(1), p.73-81)
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