I did the old PDR route, so some rules have changed, but I think the principles are the same:
I did a lot of 'I will talk about this more fully in the next chapter' or 'as I have already illustrated in the previous chapter' etc.
I don't think I talked about management as a theory, there wasn't room. What I did mention were a few examples of both good & bad management that I had witnessed, what my role in it (if any) was, what made good examples successful, what was wrong with the bad examples & what I would have done differently if I has been in charge.
CILIP aren't expecting reams of theory, you need to talk about your own experience, so talk about your experience of the structure, ie did it work? did it enable the library to provide a good service, or was it counter productive eg did an over ambitious publicity campaign create a demand that the library couldn't satisfy? This could be an example of a bad structure where different departments don't talk to each other etc. There is nothing wrong with saying that you are not currently in a management position, but you do need to show that you can evaluate what's going on around you.
This has turned out to be a bit rambling, but I hope it helps!
Rowena
-----Original Message-----
From: Emilce Rees [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: 27 January 2003 14:00
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Flat liners in management structure
For those like me struggling to fit working reality into the old pro-forma,
how are you coping with the repetitions (see points 8 and 9 for management
and communications)?
Also: to flatten or not to flatten management ? Going as far back to 95, in
the old augustus college where I used to work, within a space of a few
years management were both arguing in favour of a flat structure and 3
years later complaining that the structure that they have been given was
too flat - now team talk comes along (post Blair) and we are again arguing
against the pyramid.
How much are you discoursing on the theory for your management section ?
I wish we could concentrate on what we know (as it is I have 8k words and
16 repetitive and very opaque sections left untouched).
Off list OK as usual -
best
Emilce Rees
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