03845nam a2200313Ia 4500 311421 20160527190520.0 130118s2013 ilu b 001 0 eng 2012027380 9780838911617 DLC eng DLC rda pcc n-us--- Z682.4.A34 M36 2013 025.1 M2666 23 Managing in the middle edited by Robert Farrell and Kenneth Schlesinger. Chicago ALA Editions, an imprint of the American Library Association 2013. xii, 175 pages 28 cm. rdamedia rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references and index. It's a job, not a reward! / by Gayle Hornaday -- Stepping right into the middle of ... / by Anne C. Barnhart -- Testing the waters : creative role playing for management success / by Amanda Lea Folk -- Learning the ropes : LIS and professional training is not enough / by Amanda Lea Folk -- Is an MBA a good choice for middle management librarians? / by Elizabeth O'Brien -- Expertise, influence, and magical thinking : interviews with middle managers / by Melissa Laning and Neal Nixon -- Business books for the library middle manager : an annotated bibliography / by Joe C. Clark -- Rethinking interpersonal communication for managers / by Marie L. Radford -- The middle in the middle : maintaining your sanity while mediating conflict / by Amanda Lea Folk -- Horizontal communication : social networking in the middle / by Nancy J. Kress -- Feeling good in the middle : emotional intelligence at work / by Robert Farrell -- Top communication rules for effective library management / by Louis Howley, Kathryn Bock Plunkett, and Nicole Sump-Crethar -- Formal and informal communication in meetings / by Robin L. Ewing -- The power of un / by Maureen Diana Sasso -- Checklist for productivity / by Samantha Hines -- Procrastination and willpower / by Samantha Hines -- The critical path for middle managers : a project management technique for librarians / by Dorothy A. Mays -- Firm, but fair : dealing with problem employees / by C.J. de Jong -- Supervision / by Debbie Schachter -- Performance management : making difficult conversations easy and managing soft skills / by Robert Barr -- Performance improvement : an overview for middle managers / by Barbara Petersohn -- Consult me first : building consultative relationships between top-level and mid-level library managers / by Jeffrey Franks -- Managing perceptions / by Liza Weisbrod -- Surviving layoffs / by Curt Friehs -- The poor administrator and you : survival tips for the mid-level manager / by Jeffrey Franks -- Tips for managing bad bosses -- Interview with Sally Decker Smith -- The self-determined middle manager / by Kristine Condic -- Leadership / by Debbie Schachter -- Followership / by Debbie Schachter -- Being an entrepreneurial leader / by Jennifer Rowley -- Managing change : a reading guide for today's middle manager / by Keith Phelan Gorman and Joe M. Williams -- The need for middle managers : turning today's new librarians into tomorrow's leaders / by Bernadine Goldman -- Building strong middle manager/paralibrarian relationships : middle managers as mentors / by Allison Sloan -- Moving up the ranks and back again : lessons learned as an interim library director / by Elisabeth Tappeiner -- Working with the plateaued employee / by Janet Butler Munch -- Interview with John Lubans -- What's a team? Library administrators 125799 Local Middle managers 136198 Local Communication in library administration. 78737 Local Farrell, Robert (Professor) 222277 Local Schlesinger, Kenneth. 274567 Local 229397 229397 0 0 ddc 0 025_100000000000000_M2666 0 evl 117881 10 10 1 2016-05-27 ALA 49.50 501031 0 025.1 M2666 80000002480815 2017-05-18 00:00:00 r:311421 z:Presup. 2012-13 6