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The Promise of Appreciative Inquiry in Library Organizations

Sullivan, Maureen

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Title
The Promise of Appreciative Inquiry in Library Organizations
Author(s)
Sullivan, Maureen
Issue Date
2004
Keyword(s)
  • Leadership in libraries
  • Library organization
Abstract
Appreciative Inquiry is a different approach to organizational development, one that calls for the deliberate search for what contributes to organizational effectiveness and excellence. Appreciative Inquiry is a practical philosophy that assumes the organization is a “mystery” and a “marvel” to be embraced, not a problem to be solved (Cooperrider & Srivastava, 1987, p. 131). The author’s experience with this different approach to organizational development reveals its power to unleash the creative energy within library organizations. This article describes the principles, process, and some of the practices of Appreciative Inquiry.
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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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