Zespołowa organizacja pracy (teamwork) w niemieckich bibliotekach uniwersyteckich
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2008
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Biblioteka Uniwersytecka w Poznaniu
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Teamwork in German academic libraries
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The article discusses the method of team organization of work (teamwork) employed
in German university and academic libraries. The starting point for the discussion
is the description of the shortcomings of the ubiquitous functional organizational
model used in academic libraries. This model features numerous flaws, particularly
noticeable in the decision making process carried out at the hierarchical level. The
solution enabling elimination or, at least limiting the adverse shortcomings hampering
the development of any library, can be the concept of work organization
o f teamwork. This method aligns employee mindsets towards a specific business
purpose (goals and tasks to be fulfilled) and employs abilities and skills of individual
members of teams to a higher degree than before. The teamwork concept, originated in big industry, has now ceased to be just a theory in libraries. It has
been used successfully in German university, academic and public libraries. With
the example of three university libraries - the Konstanz University Library, Munich
University of Technology Library and Dortmund University Library, the author
presents the main features of the new organizational model and the stages of its
implementation in the said libraries. In a word, teamwork means a change in the
organizational structure of a library, cuts in the middle managerial staff, introduces
a completely different management system and, additionally, a change in the mentality
of the staff. Rewording the above, all this can simply correspond to a great
change in the organizational culture of the library.
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Biblioteka nr 12 (21), 2008, s. 129-145.