Library Leadership and Management

Paula T. Kaufman

Illinois Digital Environment for Access to Learning and Scholarship (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) · 2011 · 39 citations · 0 references

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Abstract

Leadership and management functions are often confused. Managers oversee operations while leaders build vision and lead their organizations to a new future. Fundamental change is more likely through effective leadership than management”
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\nThe power of being a leader is an enormous responsibility; it can inspire awe or instill fear. Because leadership by instilling fear usually fails, this presentation focuses on effective leadership approaches and methodologies, with considerable emphasis on practical approaches to being an effective leader.