Reactions to technology change initiatives by library professionals: a model for change management in academic libraries

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 300
Author(s):  
Christopher Adjei Okpoti ◽  
Isaac Nyarko Adu ◽  
Antonia Bernadette Appiah
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Technology Change ◽  
Change Initiatives ◽  
Library Professionals

ATTITUDE OF LIBRARY PROFESSIONALS TOWARDS ADOPTION OF CLOUD COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY IN VTU AFFILIATED ENGINEERING COLLEGES LIBRARIES

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-4
Author(s):  
C. T. Kantharaja
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Technical Skills ◽  
Library Services ◽  
Cloud Platform ◽  
Computing Technology ◽  
Management Software ◽  
Library Management ◽  
The Right ◽  
Library Professionals

Cloud computing technology has signicant role in academic libraries. Most of the library services are available on cloud platform and library software vendors developed their Library Management Software on cloud platform. It is the right time for library professionals to upgrade their technical skills to provide good services to the library stakeholders. This study shows the library services and facilities available on cloud. It is the right time to migrate to cloud

Application of ICT in Academic Libraries: A Study on Opinion and Problems by LIS Professionals

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
S. Dhanavandan ◽  
L. Asokan
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Tamil Nadu ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
The Self ◽  
Library Professionals

This study discusses about the opinion and problems by application of ICT in academic libraries among the library professionals in engineering colleges in Tamil Nadu. The relevant data were collected from the library professionals of the self financing engineering institutions situated in Kanchipuram and Thiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu. Out of 625 questionnaires distributed, 504 were responded. The response rate is 80.64%. It was found that for the most of the respondents, Lack of interest on the part of users and No support from administration in training library professionals are the major problems. The least preference was given for Fear of ICT applications.

Communicate belonging? Duoethnography of an organisational change study

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ivana Crestani ◽  
Jill Fenton Taylor
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Sense Of Belonging ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Change Initiatives ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Inclusive Language ◽  
Employee Resistance ◽  
Practical Implications

PurposeThis duoethnography explores feelings of belonging that emerged as being relevant to the participants of a doctoral organisational change study. It challenges the prolific change management models that inadvertently encourage anti-belonging.Design/methodology/approachA change management practitioner and her doctoral supervisor share their dialogic reflections and reflexivity on the case study to open new conversations and raise questions about how communicating belonging enhances practice. They draw on Ubuntu philosophy (Tutu, 1999) to enrich Pinar's currere (1975) for understandings of belonging, interconnectedness, humanity and transformation.FindingsThe authors show how dialogic practice in giving employees a voice, communicating honestly, using inclusive language and affirmation contribute to a stronger sense of belonging. Suppressing the need for belonging can deepen a communication shadow and create employee resistance and alienation. Sharing in each other's personal transformation, the authors assist others in better understanding the feelings of belonging in organisational change.Practical implicationsPractitioners will need to challenge change initiatives that ignore belonging. This requires thinking of people as relationships, rather than as numbers or costs, communicating dialogically, taking care with language in communicating changes and facilitating employees to be active participants where they feel supported.Originality/valueFor both practice and academy, this duoethnography highlights a need for greater humanity in change management practices. This requires increasing the awareness and understanding of an interconnectedness that lies at the essence of belonging or Ubuntu (Tutu, 1999).

scholarly journals Facilitative Project Management: Constructing A Model For Integrated Change Implementation By Utilizing Case Studies

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Veronica Hodgson ◽  
J. Zaaiman
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Change Management ◽  
Case Studies ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Change Implementation ◽  
Management Theory ◽  
Change Initiatives ◽  
The People ◽  
The World ◽  
Successful Change

Change management theory is extensive, and organisations constantly adapt to and embrace change. In post-apartheid South Africa we are building a racially integrated business environment and society, and leverage its competitive re-entry into the world business arena. Research to date has found that the majority of change initiatives fail due to resistance caused by poor conceptualisation and planning, and the lack of proper integration of the people and business dimensions of change. The model to implement a successful change program will be designed using a combination of readily available skills and techniques. Its development and testing will take place within the context of three case studies. OpsommingDie teorie van veranderingsbestuur is omvattend. Organisasies moet op konstante wyse daarby aanpas en dit integreer. In Post-Apartheid Suid-Afrika bou ons tans ’n ras geïntegreerde besigheidsomgewing en gemeenskap, en benut dit maksimaal in ons toetrede tot die mededingende wêreld besigheidsarena. Huidige navorsing het bevind dat die meeste veranderingsinitiatiewe faal weens weerstand teen verandering wat deur swak konseptualisering en beplanning, en ’n gebrek aan behoorlike integrering van mense en die besigheidsdimensies van verandering veroorsaak is. Die model om ’n suksesvolle veranderingsprogram te implementeer, sal ontwerp word met geredelik beskikbare vaardighede en tegnieke. Die ontwikkeling en toetsing sal binne die konteks van drie gevallestudies plaasvind.

Change Management in the Academic Library

2018 ◽  
pp. 19-40
Author(s):  
Oyeronke Adebayo ◽  
Michael Opeoluwa Fagbohun ◽  
Ugwunwa Chinyere Esse ◽  
Nwanne Mary Nwokeoma
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Management Of Change ◽  
Access Mode

The introduction of ICT has no doubt changed and redefined the way and manner in which library operations are carried out. In this chapter, the phenomenon of change management was discussed and Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze model was adopted. The chapter also delved into the management of change in academic libraries, types of Digital library collections, access mode to digital collections, the need for transition from print to digital collections, the need to reposition library tools, resources and expertise, need for accessibility of collections by user, the need and benefits for preservation of digital resources, health and safety policies and prospect of change management. Despite the great achievements recorded in academic libraries due to change in operations, there is still another side to the coin. Issues such as techno stress which is a technology related health problem came to the fore. Other challenges such as increase in expenditure, staffing issues, etc. also surfaced.

Change Management in the Academic Library

2018 ◽  
pp. 1-28
Author(s):  
Oyeronke Adebayo ◽  
Michael Opeoluwa Fagbohun ◽  
Ugwunwa Chinyere Esse ◽  
Nwanne Mary Nwokeoma
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Digital Library ◽  
Health Problem ◽  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Health And Safety ◽  
Digital Collections ◽  
Digital Resources ◽  
Management Of Change ◽  
Access Mode

The introduction of ICT has no doubt changed and redefined the way and manner in which library operations are carried out. In this chapter, the phenomenon of change management was discussed and Unfreeze-Change-Refreeze model was adopted. The chapter also delved into the management of change in academic libraries, types of Digital library collections, access mode to digital collections, the need for transition from print to digital collections, the need to reposition library tools, resources and expertise, need for accessibility of collections by user, the need and benefits for preservation of digital resources, health and safety policies and prospect of change management. Despite the great achievements recorded in academic libraries due to change in operations, there is still another side to the coin. Issues such as techno stress which is a technology related health problem came to the fore. Other challenges such as increase in expenditure, staffing issues, etc. also surfaced.

An Assessment on Managerial Skills Among Library Professionals Working in Affiliated Colleges of Bharathidasan University

2019 ◽  
pp. 128-145
Author(s):  
X. Mercy Angeline ◽  
B. S. Swaroop Rani
Keyword(s):  
Academic Libraries ◽  
Academic Library ◽  
Changing Environment ◽  
Managerial Skills ◽  
Library Management ◽  
Affiliated Colleges ◽  
Library Professionals

The changing environment of academic libraries in India demands new skills and competencies for future academic library professionals. This chapter discusses the managerial skills for the library professionals in the present scenario. The main objective is to highlights the managerial skills for practicing library professionals. It also discusses the functions of library management, how it is benefited to library professionals. It is also discussed that library professionals who have the managerial skills perform and maintain the library.

Case study: examining failure in change management

2020 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 319-330 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ernst Graamans ◽  
Kjeld Aij ◽  
Alexander Vonk ◽  
Wouter ten Have
Keyword(s):  
Change Management ◽  
Hospital Setting ◽  
Direct Patient Care ◽  
Psychological Perspective ◽  
Dutch Hospital ◽  
Change Initiatives ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Surgical Suture ◽  
Principles Of Change

PurposeThis case study aims to shed light on what went wrong with the introduction of new surgical suture in a Dutch hospital operating theatre following a tender. Transition to working with new surgical suture was organized in accordance with legal and contractual provisions, and basic principles of change management were applied, but resistance from surgeons led to cancellation of supplies of the new suture.Design/methodology/approachResearchers had access to all documents relevant to the tendering procedure and crucial correspondence between stakeholders. Seventeen in-depth, 1 h interviews were conducted with key informants who were targeted through maximum variation sampling. Patients were not interviewed. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and analysed by discourse analysis. A trial session and workshop were participatively observed. A cultural psychological perspective was adopted to gain an understanding of why certain practices appear to be resistant to change.FindingsFor the cardiothoracic surgeons, suture was more than just stitching material. Suture as a tactile element in their day-to-day work environment is embedded within a social arrangement that ties elements of professional accountability, risk avoidance and direct patient care together in a way that makes sense and feels secure. This arrangement is not to be fumbled with by outsiders.Practical implicationsBy understanding the practical and emotional stakes that medical professionals have in their work, lessons can be learned to prevent failure of future change initiatives.Originality/valueThe cultural psychological perspective adopted in this study has never been applied to understanding failed change in a hospital setting.

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