[digital-copyright] Strategic Business Development for Information Centres and Libraries

["Rachel Thompson" <rachel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This book is aimed at guiding managers towards systematic approaches to
improve and facilitate necessary strategic business development and planning
Conditions in the work place for the Library and Information Services (LIS)
are rapidly changing: many organizations are experiencing budget restrictions
as well as stakeholders questioning the value of the services. Strategic
business development for information centres and libraries offers methods and
tools for LIS departments to ensure value and benefits are delivered to the
parent organization. It argues that LIS must be prepared to change according
to the parent organization's needs, to develop strategies for important
activities and to seek alliances among key stake holders. It also offers
information on the best practice from five top-performing international LIS
units.

Key features:

- focuses on business development and planning on a strategic level
- includes chapter tools that can be immediately applied by the reader
- interviews with five practicing mangers
- the text draws on the author's extensive and practical experience of the
subject

Readership: Staff at all managerial and supervisory levels who are responsible
for, and interested in, business development and planning, primarily within
LIS. Students of LIS would also benefit from this book.

For more information please click on:
http://www.researchandmarkets.com/publication/3j8ukt/strategic_business_devel
opment_for_informatio

Title Index:

The necessary business development and planning; Leadership and change
management
- Voices from practitioners: Maria Hugosson Bygge

Leadership and change management
- The manager's responsibility
- Team members' responsibility
- Involving staff
- Case study: the unsuccessful involvement
- Turbulent times
- Voices from practitioners: Maria Hugosson Bygge
- Note

Competitive intelligence
- The forming of perspectives
- Demands on individuals and organisations
- The PCMAC model
- Decisions and actions
- Pitfalls and tips
- Voices from practitioners: Charlotte Hekansson

Business concept and information strategies
- The business concept
- Information strategies
- Voices from practitioners: Helena Vallo

The Business plan
- Voices from practitioners: Jette Guldborg Petersen

Strategic goals, measurement and evaluation
- Set the strategic goals
- Measure and evaluate
- Voices from practitioners: Katarina Kristoffersson

Implementation of strategic decisions
- Case: From Tetra Pak to library to technology intelligence

Tools
- About organising workshops
- Brainstorming with Relation Matrix
- PESTEL(M)
- SWOT
- Scenario planning
- Impact analysis
- Unbiased review of the business-a workshop
- Spider diagram
- Benchmark

Changes and challenges
- Changes
- Challenges
- Literature

Pricing:

Hard Copy : EUR 59

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Thank you for your consideration.

Best Regards,

Rachel Thompson
Senior Manager
Research and Markets Ltd
rachel.thompson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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