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Facilitative Leadership: One Approach to Empowering Staff and Other Stakeholders

Moore, Thomas L.

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/1724

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Title
Facilitative Leadership: One Approach to Empowering Staff and Other Stakeholders
Author(s)
Moore, Thomas L.
Issue Date
2004
Keyword(s)
  • Leadership in libraries
  • Library organization
Abstract
This article defines facilitative leadership as advocated by Roger Schwarz and describes the use of this relatively new leadership approach in a public library system. It lists and defines the four core values followed in Schwarz’s approach: valid information, free and informed choice, internal commitment, and compassion. It further describes the use of left-hand column cases as developed by Chris Argyris to identify one’s own theory in use. Model one and model two theories in use as developed by Argyris are discussed. The article then briefly describes the experiences of using the Schwarz principles in a library organization.
Publisher
Graduate School of Library and Information Science. University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
ISSN
0024-2594
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/1724
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Copyright owned by Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois. 2004.

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Library Trends 53 (1) Summer 2004: Organizational Development and Leadership PRIMARY
Library Trends 53 (1) Summer 2004: Organizational Development and Leadership. Edited by Keith Russell and Denise Stephens