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LIS 7004 Midterm
Management, Week 3
11
Library Information Skills
Graduate
03/10/2012

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Term
Barnard - 5 aspects of an organization
Definition
Size, interdependence, input, throughput, and output
Term
■ Nature of the environment, relationship within an organization
■ Characteristics of exchanges among libraries
■ Environmental impact on LIS internal structure and operations
Definition
Lynch
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Basic Open System Characteristics (3)
Definition
1. Exist to accomplish a specific objective
2. Objectives evolve over the lifetime of the organization
3. Change objectives in response to changing environment
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Operating Environments (4) and who?
Definition
Placid, placid-random, disturbed, turbulent. Emery and Trist
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Organization systems that match structures to the environment (2) and who?
Definition
Mechanistic, organic. Burns and Stalker.
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What is environmental scanning?
Definition
Way to define an organization's uniqueness.
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Anti-environment view. Who and what?
Definition
Child. Decision makers have autonomy beyond the environment, organizations are not passive, Managers misjudge what is the real environment affecting versus their own internalized perceptions.
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Organizational culture. Who and what does it consist of?
Definition
Kell and Carroll. Organizational culture exerts an influence. Consists of:
Shared values
Assumptions
Expectations about what the organization is
How things are down
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5 elements of organizational culture. Who and what?
Definition
Bloor and Dawson.
■ Operating and culture systems
■ Historical factors
■ Societal context
■ External environment
■ Professional external environment
Term
"We learn from heroes, slogans, stories, symbols, and ceremonies."
Definition
Jassawalla and Sashittal.
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Viewpoints of Cultural Diversity
Definition
■ Assimilation - patriotic ideals
■ Colorblind - individual perspective
■ Cultural centrist - historical identity
■ Elitists - social ties to upper class
■ Integrationists - forcing living and working together
■ Meritocratist - individual abilities and hard work
■ Seclusionist - groups live and work apart
■ Transcendist - human spirit
■ Victim - compensation for past injustices
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