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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/4012
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| Title: |
Staff As Decision-Makers: The Merits Of Decentralized Decision-Making |
| Authors: |
Marchant, Maurice P. |
| Keywords: |
Library administration -- Decision making
Leadership in libraries |
| Issue Date: |
1993 |
| Publisher: |
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. |
| Citation Information: |
In Occasional Paper (Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), no. 198-199: 29-36. |
| Series Name / Report no.: |
Occasional papers. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, no. 198/199
Allerton Park Institute (35th : 1993) |
| Abstract / Summary: |
During the 1950s and 1960s, research teams across the country searched for differences that explained why some organizations were highly successful while others were only marginally successful, if at all. Several of
them came to similar explanations involving managerial treatment and use of their subordinates. Major researchers were Rensis Likert, Douglas McGregor, Robert R. Blake (with Jane S. Mouton), and Chris Argyris.
Even though the results are 30 to 40 years old, they are both relevant and critical to the most recent discussions of managerial style. While they differed in the expression of their theories, each claimed that using
the talents and knowledge of subordinates and treating them with respect improved their productivity. One aspect of that superior pattern of behavior was to decentralize decision-making. |
| URI: |
http://hdl.handle.net/2142/4012 |
| ISSN: |
0276-1769 |
| Type of Resource: |
text |
| Genre of Resource: |
conference paper |
| Publication Status: |
published or submitted for publication |
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1993: Critical Issues in Library Management: Organizing for Leadership and Decision-Making
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