Strategic positioning for staff realignment
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Michael Crumpton, Dean (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
Abstract: Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to discuss the process and options available to conduct a staff realignment exercise. By approaching financial changes to the organization strategically, staff can be repurposed instead of being made redundant.
Design/methodology/approach – The paper offers several options on how to integrate changes in staffing to meet emerging trends and future anticipation of needs.
Findings – This point of view is based on an unnamed case study that has proven to be successful.
Research limitations/implications – The practices discussed are commonly used in a business environment that undergoes consistence assessment of its operation.
Practical implications – These actions can set a precedent for changing an organizational culture toward self-assessment.
Originality/value – The author played a major part in the case study at his home institution.
Strategic positioning for staff realignment
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Additional Information
- Publication
- The Bottom Line: Managing Library Finances, 25(4), 143–148
- Language: English
- Date: 2012
- Keywords
- librarianship, library administration, library management, staff realignment, library finances, organizational culture