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LI Haipeng University Librarian Hong Kong Baptist University March 18, 2012. Positioning Libraries for the 21 st Century: Aligning Your Strengths with organizational Success 21 世紀圖書館的定位:將優勢結合機構的成功. The 10th Annual Library Leadership Institute Preserving our Past: Creating our Future
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LI Haipeng University Librarian Hong Kong Baptist University March 18, 2012 Positioning Libraries for the 21st Century:Aligning Your Strengths with organizational Success21世紀圖書館的定位:將優勢結合機構的成功 The 10th Annual Library Leadership Institute Preserving our Past: Creating our Future Hong Kong. 16-20 March 2012.
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Assess individual behavior • Type • Diversity • Self-Rating Scale Frames http://www.leebolman.com/frames_selfrating_scale.htmLee G. Bolman, Ph.D.Professor and Marion Bloch/Missouri Chair in LeadershipBloch School of ManagementUniversity of Missouri-Kansas City Self Assessment utsa.edu
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create awareness about personality and behavioral types, • determine how people fit within an organization, what their communication styles are, • if they make effective leaders, • how they influence organizational behavior. Self Assessment
Library as organizations • External influence: • Political/economic, Geographical, Cultural • Parent organizations • Complex structures Library Environment takoi.edu.hk
Know yourself • Be confident • Take initiative • Reach out • Build network • Each individual is a talent • Seize the opportunity • Assess yourself About yourself coolcoolbird.blogspot.com
Changing Library, Changing Landscape:Hong Kong Baptist University Learning commons
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