This summer I took Organization and Management taught by Professor Arthur Friedman.  It was an intense course that lasted six weeks. Some 8 papers were expected to be written during that short period.  The course was based on didactic sessions and the reading of numerous handouts on management issues related to libraries.

I found the course very useful. Six precis papers were required.  Each of five papers, using a maximum of 125 words, describing management articles selected by the student. The other was a summary of Naude’s book entitled  Advise on Establishing a Library and was limited to 500 words.

A final project that consisted of a proposal of an innovation, including a cover letter to a grantmaker requesting funding, was expected.