LIBR 204-12
Information Organizations and Management
Summer 2008 Greensheet
Lisa K. Hussey
E-mail
Office Phone: (520)370-1793
Office Hours: By Appointment
| Greensheet Links Textbooks and Readings Course Requirements |
Resources Blackboard Blackboard Tutorials SLIS eBookstore |
Students must self-enroll for this course on Blackboard. You will be required to use a password access code that will be provided to you via the MySJSU Messaging system.
Course Description
Identifying distinguishing characteristics, culture and relationships of information organizations. Emphasizes theories examining the interaction between human beings and the organizations in which they work
Course Prerequisites: Demonstrated computer literacy.
Course Goal
The goal of this course is to prepare professional librarians and information professionals to work effectively within a larger organization and to assume managerial responsibilities within their unit.
Course Objectives
- Define specific terms used in business management and information organization management
- Explain concepts used in business management and information organization management
- Conduct a successful literature search, including print, electronic and Internet resources, in the area of business management and information organization management
- Work successfully both in a collaborative way and in an individual way in a work team environment
- Make an effective business presentation
Course Topics:
- Management Development: An Historical Overview
- Management Theory
- The Planning Process within the Organization
- Organizational Structure
- Organizational Culture
- Staffing the Organization
- Leadership
- Directing/Leading in the Organization
- Principles of Financial Control
- Change Management in Libraries & Archives
- Conflict & Resolution in the Organization
Textbooks and Readings
Required and Recommended Reading
- Stueart, R. D., & Moran, B. B. (2007). Library and information center management, 7th ed. Westport, CT: Libraries Unlimited.
Other readings will be available via electronic reserve.
Go to SLIS eBookstore.
Course Requirements
Complete the New Student Technology Workshop
This is a mandatory short, self-paced online workshop on Blackboard that must be completed by all new SLIS students before the first day of classes. The access code for this course will be sent to new students via MySJSU. If you have questions about this course, e-mail Debbie Faires or Dale David.
For more information, see http://slisweb.sjsu.edu/slis/blackboardintro.htm
Course Assignments, Due dates and Weight in relation to final course mark:
| Class Participation | Each week | 10% of course mark |
Written Assignments
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Due Monday, June 16th Due Monday, July 7th Due Monday, July 21st |
60% of course mark |
| Final Project | Due Friday, August 8th | 30% of course mark |
Course Schedule [week-by-week]:
| June 2nd | Historical Overview of Management Management Theory |
Chapter 1, 2 & 13 |
| June 9th | Organizational Structure | Chapters 8 & 9 Weick, K. E. “Educational Organizations as Loosely Coupled Systems.” Administrative Science Quarterly, 21, p. 1-19 |
| June 16th | Communication Organization Culture |
Chapter 16 & 7 |
| June 23rd | Staffing & Personnel Management | Chapter 10 & 11 |
| June 30th | Staffing & Personnel Management. Cont. | Chapter 12 & 17 |
| July 7th | Planning & Decision Making Fiscal Management |
Chapter 4, 5 & 19 |
| July 14th | Leadership | Chapter 14 & 15 |
| July 21st | Evaluation | Chapter 6 & 18 Hennen, T. J. “Great American Public Libraries: The 2005 HAPLR Rankings.” American Libraries 36, No. 9 (October, 2005), p. 42-48. |
| July 28th | Organizational Change Conflict & Resolution |
Smith, K. K., & Berg, D. N. (1998). Sources of paradox in group dymanics. In Paradoxes of Group Life, p. 62-83. Volkan, V. (1997). Ethnic tents: Descriptions of large group identity & Chosen trauma: Unresolved mourning. In Blood Lines: From ethnic pride to ethnic terrorism, p. 19-29, 33-49 |
| August 4th | Wrap Up | Chapter 20 |
Assignments
All assignments are expected to be written at a graduate level. Points will be taken for grammatical errors and typos. Students are free to use whatever style manual [APA, Chicago, Turabian, MLA, etc] they prefer. The only requirement is to be consistent throughout each assignment. All papers are to be double-spaced and in 12pt font.
Written assignments are due by 11:59pm on the date assigned. Assignments may be turned in the digital drop box or via email. Late assignments will automatically be marked down 10%.
Grading Scale
The standard SJSU SLIS Grading Scale is utilized for all SLIS courses:
| 97-100 | A |
| 94-96 | A- |
| 91-93 | B+ |
| 88-90 | B |
| 85-87 | B- |
| 82-84 | C+ |
| 79-81 | C |
| 76-78 | C- |
| 73-75 | D+ |
| 70-72 | D |
| 67-69 | D- |
| Below 67 | F |
In order to provide consistent guidelines for assessment for graduate level work in the School, these terms are applied to letter grades:
- C represents Adequate work; a grade of "C" counts for credit for the course;
- B represents Good work; a grade of "B" clearly meets the standards for graduate level work;
- A represents Exceptional work; a grade of "A" will be assigned for outstanding work only.
Students are advised that it is their responsibility to maintain a Grade Point Average (GPA) of 3.0.
Academic Integrity
Your own commitment to learning, as evidenced by your enrollment at San José State University, and the University's Academic Integrity Policy requires you to be honest in all your academic course work. Faculty members are required to report all infractions to the Office of Student Conduct and Ethical Development. The policy on academic integrity can be found at http://sa.sjsu.edu/student_conduct.
Reasonable Accommodation of Disabilities
If you need course adaptations or accommodations because of a disability,
please e-mail me as soon as possible. Presidential Directive 97-03 requires
that students with disabilities register with the Disability Resource Center
(DRC) to establish record of their disability.
No matter where students reside, they should contact the SJSU DRC to register. The DRC Web site: http://www.drc.sjsu.edu/
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