2012 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Fundamental Research on the Construction of Library Management Theory
Project/Area Number |
22700246
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Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
Research Field |
Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics
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Research Institution | Keio University |
Principal Investigator |
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Project Period (FY) |
2010 – 2012
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Keywords | 図書館経営 / 図書館の経営戦略 / 図書館の経営組織 / 図書館経営理論 / 理論構築手法 / 事例分析 / 日米の比較分析 / 非営利組織の経営 |
Research Abstract |
This research formulated a method for constructing a theory of library managementthat will yield a fitting strategy and organization structure for libraries. The studyprocess is comprised of four phases: (1) identifying business organizational andstrategic theories previously applied to libraries, and analyzing how these theorieswork on library organizations; (2) analyzing how these theories were formulated so asto determine the most suitable method for libraries; (3) formulating a method forconstructing a theory for library management (4) adapting this method for librarymanagement. In particular, the research method was applied on sixteen cases byconducting interviews and document searches, and finally, based on these results, astrategic and organizational theory for libraries was cons
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Research Products
(6 results)