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dc.contributor.convenorMargaret Medcalf
dc.contributor.authorJennings, Lois
dc.contributor.authorJones, Gregory
dc.contributor.authorO'Brien, Linda
dc.contributor.editorTony Ralli
dc.date.accessioned2017-05-03T14:38:51Z
dc.date.available2017-05-03T14:38:51Z
dc.date.issued1990
dc.date.modified2010-11-25T05:41:36Z
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/35126
dc.description.abstractFor at least ten years now, librarians have been faced with growth in client demand at the same time as a decline in funding levels. In order to cope and to maintain productivity, libraries have pursued a number of strategies including: the use of automation to achieve efficiency in the allocation of staff resources; participation in bibliographic and resource sharing networks; and the introduction of marketing and fee-based services to recover the costs of some services. These strategies all prevent libraries from falling behind but do not necessarily move libraries forward. The real challenge for library managers is how to improve productivity and release enough slack in the system to invest in planned innovation. What is 'productivity'? What is 'innovation'? How can a manager create purposeful, focused change? What are the strategic and organisation development issues involved in improving productivity and creating an innovating organisation? What types of organisation structure foster productivity and innovation? These are some of the issues raised and discussed by the paper based on the experience of the University of Canberra Library and the management theories about productivity, innovation, strategy and structure.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.description.publicationstatusYes
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dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherPromaco Conventions
dc.publisher.placeApplecross, WA
dc.publisher.urihttp://www.alia.org.au/
dc.relation.ispartofstudentpublicationN
dc.relation.ispartofconferencenameAustralian Library and Information Association 1st Biennial Conference
dc.relation.ispartofconferencetitleAustralian Library and Information Association 1st Biennial Conference. Conference Proceedings. Volume I
dc.relation.ispartofdatefrom1990-09-30
dc.relation.ispartofdateto1990-10-05
dc.relation.ispartoflocationPerth, WA
dc.rights.retentionY
dc.subject.fieldofresearchOrganisational Planning and Management
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode150312
dc.titleProductivity, innovation and structure
dc.typeConference output
dc.type.descriptionE1 - Conferences
dc.type.codeE - Conference Publications
gro.rights.copyright© The Author(s) 1990. The attached file is reproduced here in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. For information about this conference please refer to the conference's website or contact the authors.
gro.date.issued1990
gro.hasfulltextFull Text
gro.griffith.authorO'Brien, Linda S.


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