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Technical Services/Workshop/Change Management
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PACS-L Moderator)
Mon Aug 12 20:42:39 1996
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 17:51:27 -0500 (CDT)
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----------------------------Original message----------------------------
>>From: "Richard M. Dougherty" <rmdoughe@umich.edu>
>>Subject: Technical Services/Workshop/Change Management
>>
>>Revisioning Technical Services: Building on the
>>Tradition of Excellence
>>
>>A Workshop Sponsored by Dougherty & Associates
>>October 13-15, 1996 % Ann Arbor, Michigan
>>
>>RATIONALE
>>
>>The pace of change in technical services shows no signs
>>of letting up. For example, the need to acquire,
>>organize and access digital documents is creating new
>>challenges and opportunities, and also new burdens.
>>
>>Organizational structures are also changing rapidly and
>>effective communication is becoming even more critical.
>>The variety of organizational structures one can
>>currently identify suggests there are no longer any
>>"cookie cutter" approaches to organizing technical
>>services activities. It is clear that structures need
>>to reflect local conditions and circumstances.
>>
>>ASK YOURSELF
>>
>>Does your technical services unit have a vision of the
>>future it prefers? Do you have in place a working plan
>>to achieve the preferred future? Many libraries have
>>created mission/vision/values documents, but without an
>>action oriented change management program, vision and
>>values statements alone aren't worth much. To achieve
>>success, one needs a change management strategy that works.
>>To help technical service professionals create
>>successful strategies is the objective of this workshop.
>>
>>WHO SHOULD ATTEND? -- TEAMS!
>>
>>The Revisioning Technical Services workshop is designed
>>for those directly involved in technical services
>>activities. The experience will be particularly
>>valuable to teams because such shared experiences lay
>>the foundation for a change process back home.
>>
>>WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES AND ANTICIPATED OUTCOMES
>>
>>This highly interactive workshop incorporates the Real
>>Time Strategic Change Process. This process uses a
>>variety of brainstorming activities and small-group
>>exercises to enable participants to:
>>
>>% examine past accomplishments,
>>
>>% assess the present situation (i.e., Rtake the
>>temperatureS of activities as they are currently
>>organized),
>>
>>% identify the trends and developments (both internal
>>and external) likely to impact technical services in
>>the future,
>>
>>% explore innovations associated with technical
>>services,
>>
>>% create organizational visions participants would like
>>to implement back home,
>>
>>% develop action plans for realizing those visions, and
>>
>>% develop more effective change management strategies.
>>
>>WORKSHOP HANDBOOK
>>
>>To enable participants to focus on learning rather than taking
>>notes, participants will receive a post-workshop
>>handbook that includes an overview of the process,
>>summary of the exercises, and compilation of the data
>>generated.
>>
>>WORKSHOP LEADER
>>
>>Richard M. Dougherty, an experienced librarian,
>>specializes in library innovation, strategic planning,
>>and change management.
>>
>>REGISTRATION INFORMATION
>>
>>Revisioning Technical Services: Building on the
>>Tradition of Excellence
>>October 13-15, 1996 % Ann Arbor, Michigan
>>
>>For further information or to register, please contact
>>Colin or Sally at Dougherty & Associates
>>Ph: 313-662-3925 % Fax: 313-662-4450
>>E-mail: 72263.1222@CompuServe.com
>>
>>
>>
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