Management, Middleness and the Emerging

Organization

ILA 2007 ConferenceSpringfield, IL

October 10, 2007

Kathryn J. Deiss

Content Strategist, ACRL

Supporting work

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The story we have told ourselves…

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Leading and managing in the 21st century

Releasing a degree of control

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Supporting group work

Eliciting new points of view

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Changing perceptions

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Challenging mental models

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Helping to order importance

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Balancing the strategic and the operational

Playing and experimenting

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Kathryn J. Deiss

kdeiss@ala.org

And now, say hello to

Dara Gocheskiand

Rana Salzmann!