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This book translates theories in teamwork, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book covers:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cul\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eAnalysing your environment, understanding culture and developing strategies\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eWorking in the senior team and making an impact\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eConfident leadership and management, decision making, problem solving, and managing crises\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLeading, managing, and supervising your team, establishing working practices and conflict management\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDelegation, dealing with overload, and evaluating outcomes\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eManaging large and small projects, and the people side of projects\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eInnovation and management of the change process\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eCommunications, managing e-mails and text messages, and effective use of social media\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eRecruitment and selection, and performance management\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eManaging and leading complex teams including collaborative, multi-professional, partnership, and virtual teams\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBudgeting, managing finances, tendering, crowdfunding, and taking part in audits\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eManaging work\/life balance, coaching and mentoring, emotional intelligence, resilience, and mindfulness\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe No-Nonsense Guide to Leadership, Management and Teamwork\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47608116347116,"sku":"9781783303960","price":153.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781783303960-the-no-nonsense-guide-to-leadership-management-and-teamwork.jpg?v=1778183918"},{"product_id":"the-no-nonsense-guide-to-project-management-by-barbara-allan-9781783302031","title":"The No-Nonsense Guide to Project Management","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book provides a \u003cem\u003eno-nonsense\u003c\/em\u003e guide to project management which will enable library and information professionals to lead or take part in a wide range of projects, from large-scale multi-organisation complex projects through to relatively simple local ones.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBarbara Allan has fully revised and updated her classic 2004 title \u003cem\u003eProject Management\u003c\/em\u003e to incorporate considerable developments during the past decade, including: the development and wide-scale acceptance of formal project management methodologies; the use of social media to communicate and disseminate information about projects; and the large shift in the types of project library and information workers may be involved in.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe text is supported by practical case studies drawn from a wide range of LIS organisations at local, regional, national, and international levels. 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