Management and leadership innovations / / edited by Anne Woodsworth, W. David Penniman ; Anne C. Barnhart [and twenty-one others], contributors

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910464599703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Bingley, [England] : , : Emerald, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-78350-470-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (314 p.)
• Collana: Advances in Librarianship, , 0065-2830 ; ; Volume 38
• Disciplina: 025.1
• Soggetti: Library administration - United States; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Cover; Management and Leadership Innovations; Copyright Page; Contents; Contributors; Preface; Leadership; Leadership Role of an Academic Library in Community Outreach: Surabaya Memory Project; I. Introduction and Background; II. Surabaya Memory and Its Early Years; III. Expanding the Sphere of Influence; IV. Growing the Project; V. Growing Stakeholders and Partners; VI. Conclusion; References; Mindful Leadership Defined and Explained; I. Introduction; II. Mindful Leadership Theories; III. Transformation through Mindfulness; IV. Viewing a Leadership Program through Mindful Leadership: A Case StudyV. Conclusion; References; Distributed Leadership and Library Service Innovation; I. Introduction; II. Context and Concepts; III. Distributed Leadership Skills Study; IV. Conclusion; Appendix A: Questionnaire Results; Appendix B: Interview Protocol about Leadership Skills for Partnership Working/Collaboration; References; Library Instructor Development and Cultivating a Community of Practice; I. Introduction; II. Challenges for Library Instructors and Their Coordinators; III. Communities of Practice; IV. Monroe Library's Case StudyV. Conclusion; Acknowledgment; References; Leading for Learning: A Model for Best Practice in School Libraries; I. Introduction; II. Schooling and Libraries in the United States ; and United Kingdom; III. Recent Research; IV. The Research Design; V. Discussion and Model Presentation; VI. The Model; VII. Conclusions; Appendix A: On Grounded Theory; Appendix B: Sample Interview Questions; References; Service Design for Libraries: An Introduction; I. Introduction; II. What Are Service Science and Service Design?; III. Service Design in libraries: Exemplars; IV. ImplicationsV. Conclusion; Appendix A: De Jong and Shepard's (2012) Core Values; Appendix B: De Jong and Shepard's Guidelines; References; Management; The Fit Test: Interview Techniques to Build a Strong Team; I. Introduction; II. Literature Review; III. The Interview Process; IV. An Evolving Interview Model; V. Conclusion; Acknowledgment; Appendix A: Job Ads; Appendix B: Telephone Interview Questions; Appendix C: On-Campus Interview Questions; Appendix D: Interview Schedules (as Sent to Candidates in Email by Anne Barnhart, Head of Instructional Services); References; Management of Content Development and Subject Engagement through an Arts Matrix Model: A Case StudyI. Introduction; II. Strategic Planning; III. K-State Libraries Reorganization; IV. Position Restructuring and Role Transformations; V. Matrices; VI. Conclusion; Appendix A: K-State Libraries' Reorganization Satisfaction Survey; References; Managers, Stress, and the Prevention of Burnout in the Library Workplace; I. Introduction; II. Stress and Burnout; III. Management Intervention; IV. Conclusion; References; Gossip and Library Management: An Examination of the Perceptions of Library Managers; I. Introduction
• Sommario/riassunto: Vol. 38 of Advances in Librarianship focus on innovative leadership and management techniques e.g. selecting new team members, service design, mindful leadership, burnout causes and management, librarians as independent active public leaders and how libraries and other non-profit organizations can use UN's Agenda 21 to achieve sustainability.

China and the New Maoists / / Kerry Brown and Simone Van Nieuwenhuizen

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910511735303321
• Autore: Brown Kerry
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England : , : Zed Books, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-78360-761-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (201 p.)
• Collana: Asian Arguments
• Disciplina: 320.53230951
• Soggetti: Electronic books.; China History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover ; Asian Arguments; About the Authors ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; Acknowledgements ; Introduction; Terminology: Maoism and Leftism The Religion of Maoism ; The Question of Charisma ; 1. The Tale of the Victim, Zhang Zhixin ; Sources ; 2. The Chairman's Life After Death ; Mao 2.0; Mao and the Fifth Generation Leaders Having Your Cake and Eating It: Mao and Contradiction ; Twilight of Harmonious China; Mao Overboard: Maoism in the Outside World 3. Defender of the Faith: Deng Liqun and Leftism ; The Life of a Leftist ; What Influences Post-Mao Leftists?; The Fight for the Right Path: 1980s Reforms and the Rise of Chinese Capitalism Existential Crisis: 1989, the Fall of the Soviet Union and the 'End of History' ; Deng contra Deng: The Final Showdown ; Sources ; 4. Maoism in Motion: The Red Campaign of Bo Xilai in Chongqing; Aristocratic Roots
• Sommario/riassunto: An absorbing account of the continued influence of Chairman Mao on contemporary China, and of efforts by the New Maoists to claim his legacy.

AAVSO newsletter

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910140749203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge, Mass., : AAVSO
• Disciplina: 523.844
• Soggetti: Variable stars; Astronomy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Periodico