Leadership dynamics and the governing board of a library friends group
Horwitz, Tem
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Title
Leadership dynamics and the governing board of a library friends group
Author(s)
Horwitz, Tem
Issue Date
1980
Keyword(s)
Friends of the library
Leadership
Abstract
IVather than attempt to lay down hard and fast rules or to set up models
for the administration of a library friends group, I would like to share some
observations about the structure, functions, and organizational patterns that
appear to work best in tax-exempt, not-for-profit organizations. My remarks
apply to situations where the friends group is legally empowered as the board
of trustees or directors of a corporation ; where this group is part of a larger
governing body; and where this group is in reality an auxiliary board with
limited or no formal power.
Every successful not-for-profit, tax-exempt organization with which I
have worked has been blessed with one very strong guiding spirit. This person
has usually been either the chairman or president of the friends group, or
the executive director of the organization. There is always one person who
has a vision, a strong will, and the commitment to see that this vision is
translated into a program.
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Graduate School of Library Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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