Renewal at the Schoolhouse: Management Ideas for Library Media Specialists and Administrators

by Ben B. Carson, Jane Bandy Smith

Overview

Many lessons can be learned from managers in business and industry that are useful to people who administer schools or media programs. Despite organizational differences, the needed management skills are similar. This volume is the work of 12 authors who have drawn on personal experiences and extensive reviews of business literature to capture highly workable strategies for effective management in such areas as personnel, time, finances, technology, change, and communication. A good read that uses charts, vignettes, cartoons, and memorable quotations to emphasize key points.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780872879140
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/15/1993
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	156
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.38(d)

About the Author

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Editorial Reviews

offering a vision of revitalized schools and sound instructional programs, the editors of this collection draw upon business management techniques to address the current crisis in the schools and to meet the demand for better instruction. They propose the creation of a viable partnership between school administrators, media specialists, and teachers, where the library media specialist provides instructional leadership. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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