Personal Productivity — Related Library Topics

Basic
Guidelines to Problem Solving and Decision Making
Creative Thinking
Critical
Thinking
Decision
Making
How to Improve Yourself
Personal
Development
Organizing
Yourself
Personal Wellness
(attitude, burnout, cynicism, fitness, etc.)
Problem
Solving
Reading
Skills
Reframing
Stress
Management
Systems Thinking
Time
Management
Thinking
(Improving Your)
Writing
Skills

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Personal Development — Related Library Topics

Career Development
Changing
Your Behavior
Communications
(Face-to-Face)
Communications
(Writing)
Continuous Learning
How to Improve Yourself
Interpersonal
Skills
Learning
Style Inventory
Personal
Development
Personal
Productivity
Personal Wellness
Reading
Skills
Self-Assessments
Social Networking
Stress
Management
Strong
Value of Self-Directed Learning in the Workplace
Thinking
(Improving Your)
Training
Basics for Supervisors and Learners
Writing
Skills

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Performance Management — Related Library Topics

Listed in the order to best learn performance management
What
Do We Mean by “Performance”?
Key Terms
Performance
Planning Phase
Performance
Appraisal Phase
Development
Planning Phase
Performance
Management: Benefits and Concerns
Performance
Management During Rapid Change
Performance
Measurement: Guidelines, Myths and Examples

Also see
Employee
Performance Management
Organizational
Performance Management
Team Performance Management
Traditional
and Progressive Approaches

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Organizational Development — Related Library Topics

Understanding “Big Picture” of Organizations

• Organizational Communications
• Organizational Change
  
• Organizational Design — Guidelines
  
• Organizational Learning
  
• Organizational Performance Management
  
• Organizational Sustainability
  
• Organizations (Overview)
  
• Systems Thinking

Field of Organization Development

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• What is Organization Development?
  
• Overviews of the Field
  
• Perspectives on Organization Development
  
• History and Theories of Organization Development
  
• Future and Emerging Theories
  
• Other Fields and Organization Development
  
• Recommended Competencies

Understanding Organizational Performance Management

• How to Improve Your Organization
  
• Organizational Assessments (For-Profit)
• Organizational Assessments (Nonprofit)
  
• Organizations (Overview)
• Organizational Change
  
• Organizational Evaluation
  
• Organizational Performance Management
• Organizational Sustainability
  
• Strategic Planning

Managing Organizational Change

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• Understanding Nature of Change
• Types of Organizational Change
• Why Change is Difficult
  
• Requirements for Successful Change
• Various Organizational Change Models
• Major Roles During Change
• Most Change Efforts Fail?
• Choosing Interventions

Also see
Organizational Performance Management

Growing Your Organization

Listed in the order to grow your organization

• Understanding Life Cycles of Organizations
• Deciding Whether to Grow the Organization or Not
• Evaluating Your Organization — How Well Is It Doing?
• Growing Your Business — Are You Personally Ready?
• Typical Challenges in Growing
• General Advice to Grow Your Organization
• Getting Professional Help
• Financing Growth
• Planned Growth: Business Planning
• Planned Growth: Organizational Change
• Ways to Grow: Buying a Franchise
  
• Ways to Grow: Buying Another Organization
  
• Ways to Grow: Organizational Alliances
• Ways to Grow: Product and Market Development
• You May Need to Increase Staff

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Operations Management — Related Library Topics

Control
and Coordinating Function of Management
Demand
Planning
Distribution
Planning
Facilities
Management
Inventory
Management
Manufacturing
Order
Fulfillment
Operations
Management (Overview)
Product Development
Purchasing
(Procurement)
Quality Management
Supply
Chain Management

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Marketing — Related Library Topics

Basics and Planning

Advertising
and Marketing laws
Basics of Marketing
Market Planning
Product Selection
and Development

Inbound Marketing

Competitive
Analysis
Customer Satisfaction
Pricing
Program
Planning and Management (For-Profit)
Program
Design and Marketing (Nonprofit)
Positioning
Marketing
Research
Naming and Branding

Outbound Marketing

Advertising
and Promotions
Customer Service
How to Work With Others
Public and Media
Relations
Sales

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Library’s
Marketing Blog
Library’s
Public and Media Relations Blog

Management — Related Library Topics

Core Competencies

Basic Guide
to Management and Supervision
Core Competencies
and Resources to Manage in Any Situation
Decision
Making (selecting a course of action)
Ethics Toolkit
for the Workplace (with a focus on practical methods)
Planning — Basics (establishing
goals and how they will be reached)
Problem
Solving (analyzing alternatives and selecting a course of action)

Understanding “Big Picture” of Organizations and Management

Guidelines
to Understanding Literature About Leadership
Leadership (Overview)
Management (Overview)
Organizations
(Overview)
Supervision (Overview)
Systems Thinking

Also
Basics — Definitions
(and Misconceptions) in Management
Contemporary
Theories in Management
Historical
Theories in Management
New Paradigm
in Management
View
That Leading Is Different Than Managing
What is Management?
How Do I Manage?

Major Functions of Management

In their conventionally listed order:
Major Function
— Planning
Major Function
— Organizing
Major Function
— Leading
Major
Function — Coordinating/Controlling

Managing Yourself

How to Improve Yourself
Leading
Yourself
Personal
Development
Personal
Productivity
Personal Wellness

Managing Groups

Facilitation
Conflict Management
in Groups
Group-Based
Problem Solving and Decision Making
Group Dynamics
Group Skills
How to Work With Groups
Meeting Management
Team Building
Team Performance Management

Managing Organizations

Guidelines,
Methods and Resources for Organizational Change Agents
How to Improve Your Organization
How to Lead and Manage in Your
Organization
Organizational
Communications
Organizational
Evaluation
Organizational
Performance Management
Organizational
Sustainability
Strategic Planning
(in nonprofit or for-profit organizations)
Sustainable
Development
Systems Thinking

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Training and Development Blog

Legal — Related Library Topics

Advertising
/ Marketing Laws (“truth in advertising”, etc.)
Basic introduction
to the legal system
Business
Contracts
Crisis Management
Employee
Law (major topics and laws, employee contracts, at-will, non-compete, etc.)
Enterprise
Law (starting organizations, legal forms of organizations, etc.)
Ethics Management
Federal
Charter Documents – U.S. Constitution and Declaration of Independence
Federal Laws
General
Resources (sites with multiple areas of legal information)
Insurance
Intellectual
Property (patents, trademarks, copyrights)
Lawyers
(getting, using, power of attorney, etc.)
Libraries,
Directories and Other References
Nonprofit-Specific
Legal Information (NOTE: most other topics apply to nonprofits, too)
Personnel Policies,
Handbooks and Records
Public Relations
Risk Management
State Laws
Telecommunications
Laws

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Leadership — Related Library Topics

Core Competencies

Decision
Making (selecting a course of action)
Ethics Toolkit
for the Workplace (with a focus on practical methods)
Planning — Basics (establishing
goals and how they will be reached)
Problem
Solving (analyzing alternatives and selecting a course of action)

Understanding “Big Picture” of Organizations

Guidelines
to Understanding Literature About Leadership
Leadership (Overview)
Management (Overview)
Organizational
Communications
Organizational
Change
Organizational
Design — Guidelines
Organizational
Learning
Organizational
Performance Management
Organizational
Sustainability
Organizations
(Overview)
Supervision (Overview)
Systems Thinking

Leadership Development

Leadership
Development
Management
Development
New Paradigm
in Management
Supervisory
Development

Leading and Managing Yourself

Career Development
How to Improve Yourself
Leading
Yourself
Personal
Development
Personal
Productivity
Personal Wellness

Leading and Managing Other Individuals

Coaching
Communications
Compensation
Counseling
Delegating
Employee
Engagement
Employee
Performance Management
How to Work With Others
Leading
Other Individuals
Managing
Power and Influence
Mentoring
Personnel Polices
and Records
Selling
Staffing
Supervision
Supervisoral
Development Planning
Work
Directing

Leading and Managing Groups

Conflict Management
in Groups
Facilitation
Group-Based
Problem Solving and Decision Making
Group Dynamics
Group Skills
How to Work With Groups
Meeting Management
Project Management
Systems Thinking
Team Building
Team
Performance Management

Leading and Managing Organizations

Guidelines,
Methods and Resources for Organizational Change Agents
How to Improve Your Organization
How to Lead and Manage in Your
Organization
Organizational
Communications
Organizational
Evaluation
Organizational
Performance Management
Organizational
Sustainability
Strategic Planning
(in nonprofit or for-profit organizations)
Sustainable
Development
Systems Thinking

Developing Your People

Basic
Requirements of Learners in Learning
Basic
Requirements of Supervisors with Employees in Training and Development
Continuous Learning
Employee
Performance Management
How
Supervisors Help Employees Learn in the Workplace)
How to Work With Others
Self-Directed Learning
Training
Basics for Supervisors and Learners

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Interpersonal Skills — Related Library Topics

Being
Interviewed by the Media
Building
Trust
How to Improve
Your Writing
Coaching
Communications
(Face-to-Face)
Conflict (Interpersonal)
Diversity
and Inclusion
Etiquette
(Manners)
Exit Interviews
Feedback
Group Skills
Handling
Difficult People
Helping
Through Emotional Pain
How to Work With Groups
How to Work With Others
Interpersonal Skills
Interviewing
as Basic Research Method
Interviewing
for a Job
Interviewing Job
Candidates
Listening
Negotiating
Non-verbal
Communications
Office
Politics
Organizational
Communications
Presenting
/ Speaking
Questioning
Social Networking

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