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If you are responsible for guiding a team through strategic change, you can't afford to miss: Managing change 2 February, London A one-day workshop on the main areas of management relevant to change in library and information work, with emphasis on managing staff, teams and organisations. How will this event help you? It will help you to: * distinguish the features and stages of the change process * identify responses to change in yourself and your staff and appreciate how resistance can be minimised * review your own responses to situations of change and establish how you might alter your approach * share ideas and experiences with others at a similar level. All sessions require a high level of involvement and participation. You will be asked to bring notes on your current job and organisation with you. There will be a checklist for you to complete in your own time prior to the workshop, which you will need to bring along with you on the day. Who should attend? If you are facing or undergoing strategic change in your team or organisation and you have leadership responsibility, the workshop will help you to manage the processes. Course Leader Sheila Ritchie is a consultant in the behavioural sciences applied to work. A Chartered librarian, she works in the public and private sectors in the UK and overseas. Her specialist interests are in the personal and interpersonal skills professionals and managers need to do their work effectively. Programme 9.00 Registration and coffee 9.30 Welcome and introductions * Course objectives and current issues * Change in the library and information sector: the current situation and the future; participants work and issues of interest 10.30 Coffee 10.50 Organisational culture * Types of culture: changing culture - means, benefits, limitations, strategy and tactics. * How people respond to change - managing staff 12.30 Lunch 1.30 Myths and reality How change is managed at operational level 2.30 Tea 2.50 Change in practice Making changes which affect your staff and others 3.50 Review and plenary session 4.30 Close Places are limited to: 18 Comments from previous participants "I found the experience of being in a small group of managers very positive" "Sheila really is a splendid trainer" "I left the workshop with plenty of tips on how to work with change and motivate others" Fees LA Personal members £135 plus VAT (£23.62) £158.62 LA Institutional members £163 plus VAT (£28.52) £191.52 Non members £189 plus VAT (£33.07) £222.07 LA Student/Unwaged members £25 plus VAT (£4.37) £29.37 How to Book To make a confirmed booking please complete and return the booking form below by fax on 020 7255 0561. Alternativelt, to make a provisional booking please call Professional Development on 020 7255 0560, textphone 020 7255 0505 or email [log in to unmask] bookingform I would like to confirm a place on the following Workshop: (this constitutes a confirmed booking) Title of event: ________________________ Date: ___/___/___ Surname: ____________________________________ First name: __________________________________ Job title: ____________________________________ Organisation: ________________________________ Address: ____________________________________ Town:________________ Postcode:______________ Tel___________________ Email: _______________ Are you a LA Member? YES * NO * Personal * Institutional * Student * Unwaged * N.B. If you are a Personal Member, but your employer is paying, they will still be charged at Personal Member rate. LA membership no: __________________________ Dietary/special requirements (sensory or physical) ___________________________________________ Payment of fee EITHER: __ Please invoice. Please give name and address if different from above: ____________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________ (Payment is required within 30 days of invoice) * I enclose a cheque for: £_______________ (payable to The Library Association) * Please tick if a receipt is required OR __ Please debit by credit card for: £_________ (Access or MasterCard only) Card no: ______________________________ Expiry date: _________________________________ Signature: ___________________________________ Name of cardholder:_______________________ Cancellation of a confirmed booking on the day will incur the full fee, or if received 7 working days prior to the event, 50% of the fee will be due. Please return to: Professional Development, LA Enterprises, The Library Association, 7 Ridgmount Street, London, WC1E 7AE or fax us on 020 7255 0561 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%