Online, Fall 2007
"Management is nothing more than motivating other people."
Lee Iacocca"Good management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them."
Paul Hawken, Growing a Business, Simon & Schuster, 1987.
Instructor Teresa Welsh, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
School of Library & Information Science
Cook Library, Room 206H
118 College Dr. # 5146
The University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Office Hours: Tues-Thurs, 1:30-4:30pm or by appointment
Phone: 601.266.4228
Fax: 601.266.5774
Teresa.Welsh@usm.edu
http://ocean.otr.usm.edu/~w146169/Description
This three hour course is an analysis of administrative theory and principles of management in libraries.
- Course content will be presented primarily in online lecture notes and coordinated readings, which will be supplemented by discussions in the virtual classroom and discussion board postings.
- Virtual Classroom sessions: students will select one night and time and attend each week a session is scheduled: Monday 7:00-8:30pm, Wednesday 7:30-9:00pm, Central
Drop Date
The last day that this course may be dropped with refund is September 5th.
The last day to drop full-term classes without academic penalty is October 3rd.
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Library and Information Center Management, 6th ed. by Robert D. Stueart and Barbara B. Moran. Greenwood Village, Colorado: Libraries Unlimited, 2002. |
Course Goals
- Develop an understanding of the philosophy and principles of contemporary management theories, specifically their relevance to the management of libraries and information centers
- Provide instruction in the practical implementation of management theory related to program planning, goal-setting, implementation, and evaluation; budgeting and fiscal management; and personnel management, staffing, and staff development
- Describe the effects of technology on communication and organizational structures
- Develop an understanding of the political management environment and political ramifications of management decisions
- Develop an understanding of how to effectively negotiate management issues and decisions.
Course Objectives
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Evaluate and discuss contemporary management theories, specifically their relevance to the management of libraries and information centers
- Implement and discuss the elements of management theory, including goal setting, collection management, program planning, implementation, and evaluation
- Demonstrate an understanding of the processes and applications of organizing, directing and controlling systems as these are performed in libraries and information centers
- Demonstrate knowledge and application of the planning processes involved in budgeting and fiscal management, including being able to identify necessary components for budget design, budgetary control and evaluation
- Recognize and be able to respond to issues of personnel management including staffing processes, disciplinary concerns and continuing education
- Demonstrate an understanding of the effects of technology on communication and organizational structures
- Demonstrate an understanding of the political management environment and political ramifications of management decisions
- Demonstrate the ability to effectively negotiate management issues and decisions.
Weekly Schedule
Subject to Revision
- Week 1: Course Introduction, Overview
- Week 2: Change - The Innovative Process
- Stueart and Moran, Chapter 1
- Week 3: Evolution of Management
- Stueart and Moran, Chapter 2
- Week 4: Planning
- Stueart and Moran, Chapter 3
Evaluation of Phipps Article Due
- Week 5: Strategic Planning
- Stueart and Moran, Chapter 4
- Week 6: Organizational Culture
- Stueart and Moran, Chapter 5
Evaluation of Sannwald Article Due
- Week 7: Organizational Structure
- Stueart and Moran, Chapters 6 & 7
- Week 8: Human Resources - Staffing
- Stueart and Moran, Chapter 8
Position Description Due
- Week 9: Midterm Exam
- Week 10: Human Resources - Functions and Policies
- Stueart and Moran, Chapters 9 & 10
- Week 11: Coordinating and Reporting
- Stueart and Moran, Chapter 14
Performance Evaluation Instrument Due
- Week 12: Leadership
- Stueart and Moran, Chapters 11 & 12
- Week 13: Communication
- Stueart and Moran, Chapter 13
- Week 14: Thanksgiving Week
- Week 15: Financial Control
- Stueart and Moran, Chapter 15
- Week 16: Managing in the 21st Century
- Stueart and Moran, Chapter 16
- Library Budget Due
- Exam Week: Final Exam
Course Requirements
- Two article evaluations (10%)
- Development of a position description (10%)
- Development of performance evaluation instrument (10%)
- Midterm Exam (15%)
- Development and justification of an operating budget for a hypothetical library (20%)
- Final Exam (15%)
- Class Participation (20%)
- Students are expected to read the required materials in order to participate in class exercises and online discussions.
- Students are expected to turn in assignments and exercises on time and to post responses to questions on the Discussion Board each week.
Grading
A 95-100 A- 93-94 B+ 91-92 B 86-90 B- 84-85 C+ 82-83 C 75-81 C- 73-74 D+ 71-72 D 66-70 D- 64-65 F 0-63
Course Policies
Students are responsible for reading syllabus content and becoming familiar with course policies and proceduresStudents will not be granted an Incomplete for this course for failing to complete assignments. A student who receives an Incomplete will have only ONE semester in which to complete the work, and will not be eligible to receive an A.
If a student stops attending class and does not complete the appropriate withdrawal papers or procedures with the registrar, that student will be assigned an F. If this is the only class a student is taking then the student must call the USM graduate school to properly withdraw.
If a student commits plagiarism, that student will receive an F in the course.
A student may not self-plagiarize or submit work done in another course unless receiving prior permission from the instructor. Any assignment that is self plagiarized without prior permission from the instructor will receive zero points.
Virtual classroom attendance and participation is expected. Participation is a large part of the grade and consists of the virtual classroom participation and discussion board postings.
Students are required to subscribe to lisnews, the LIS listserv. Subscribe to lisnews by sending an email to: Majordomo@usm.edu with nothing in the subject box and the following command in the body of the email message: subscribe lisnews
All assignments should be saved in .doc or .rtf format and posted to the Digital Drop Box. Work not turned in on time will be assessed a penalty of 10% per week without prior approval from the instructor.
Failure to follow specific instructions for content and formatting of assignments will result in lower grades.
Writing skills: All work must be in standard English; inappropriate grammar, punctuation, and/or spelling will result in lower grades.
Academic Code of ConductStudents are expected to follow the Academic Code of Conduct, which includes mutual respect and academic honesty.
"When cheating is discovered, the faculty member may give the student an F on the work involved or in the course. If further disciplinary action is deemed appropriate, the student should be reported to the dean of students. In addition to being a violation of academic honesty, cheating violates the Code of Student Conduct and may be grounds for probation, suspension, and/or expulsion. Students on disciplinary suspension may not enroll in any courses offered by The University of Southern Mississippi." USM Graduate Bulletin, p. 30.
"Plagiarism is scholarly theft, and it is defined as the unacknowledged use of secondary sources. More specifically, any written or oral presentation in which the writer or speaker does not distinguish clearly between original and borrowed material constitutes plagiarism. Because students, as scholars, must make frequent use of the concepts and facts developed by other scholars, plagiarism is not the mere use of another's facts and ideas. However, it is plagiarism when students present the work of other scholars as if it were their own work. Plagiarism is committed in a number of ways:
Plagiarism is a serious offense. An act of plagiarism may lead to a failing grade on the paper and in the course, as well as sanctions that may be imposed by the student judicial system." USM Graduate Bulletin, p. 30; USM Student Handbook, p. 73.
- Reproducing another author's writing as if it were one's own.
- Paraphrasing another author's work without citing the original.
- Borrowing from another author's ideas, even though those ideas are reworded, without giving credit.
- Copying another author's organization without giving credit.
Disability StatementIf a student has a disability that qualifies under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and requires accommodations, he/she should contact the Office for Disability Accommodations (ODA) for information on appropriate policies and procedures. Disabilities covered by ADA may include learning, psychiatric, physical disabilities, or chronic health disorders. Students can contact ODA if they are not certain whether a medical condition/disability qualifies.
Address: The University of Southern Mississippi, Office for Disability Accommodations, 118 College Drive, # 8586, Hattiesburg, MS 39406-0001
Voice Telephone: (601) 266-5024, or (228) 214-3232; Fax: (601) 266-6035
Individuals with hearing impairments can contact ODA using the Mississippi Relay Service at 1-800-582-2233 (TTY) or email Suzanne.Hebert@usm.edu.
Note: This is an abbreviated version of the course syllabus. The complete syllabus is posted on the Blackboard LIS605 course site.Webpage Design
Teresa S. Welsh
e-mail: teresa.welsh@usm.edu
Updated 8/10/2007