Team Management

This is a title in the "Library Training Guides" series which summarize the best principles and practice in specific areas of training. Effective team management can improve both services to users and job satisfaction for the individual. A training programme tailored to the needs of the organization concerned is essential to achieve this. This guide concentrates on developing an understanding of team management, the skills needed to implement a team approach, and the training needed for staff at all levels. Supported by examples of working documents, topics covered include: understanding teams; implementing team management; developing team skills; team leadership skills; and teams and convergence. This guide should encourage library managers and trainers to plan their introduction more systematically. It is relevant to most types and sizes of libraries and information units, as well as to students on library and information management courses.