Computers in Libraries, March 15, 2005

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Computers in Libraries, March 15, 2005

• Changing the Landscape
• Making the Future Library Now!

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Presentation Overview

• Introduction
• Change Management Leadership Making the Future
  Happen
• Technology Assessment and Selecting Solutions
  (Case Study)
• Workshop Exercise Assessment of Readiness for
  Change
• Review / Questions

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Objectives

• Participant will identify key aspects of change
  management including rationale for and
  responsibility for managing change
• Thorough review of a case study, participant will
  understand how to apply change management
  processes as they relate to the analysis and
  selection of technologies as a result of the
  creation of a new technology enhanced library.
• Participants will assess their own attitudes
  toward change and compare and contrast those
  attitudes towards the collective attitude of
  their specific organizations

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Change Management

• Principles of change management
• Leadership and Change Management
• - Organizational design and the role of the
  manager
• Effective communication strategies
• Building trust and teamwork

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Case Study

• CASE
• How were change management principles applied?
• How did we increase participation?
• How did we build trust and teamwork?
• How did we select solutions?
• How did we build consensus

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Readiness for Change Exercise

• Evaluate personal commitment to change
• Consider team commitment to change
• Consider organizational support for change
• Share findings and plan accordingly

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Summary and Questions

• Remember People do not fear change!
• - They fear what change will do to their work
  patterns.
• - They fear the tension and confusion a change
  in process through automation.
• -They fear being made redundant.
• It is the leaders job to bring them through, to
  help them understand their role in the change.
• It is the organizations job to support the
  leader.