The author covers management functions; operational, strategic and event planning; human resource management including team building and managing change; financial and marketing management; security issues; and managing self. Ample use is made of scenarios, often based on real life incidents, to illustrate useful management skills or how to apply management theory to a particular situation. Included are plentiful, clear explanations, examples and practice exercises. Learn Management Skills for Libraries and Information Agencies is one of the study guides in the Learn Library Skills series. Details of each publication are in the back of this book, or visit the publisher website for more information. Jacinta Ganendran is Institute Librarian at the Canberra Institute of Technology in Australia, where she manages a multi-campus library service. Her management experience is grounded in the practical skills she developed as a cataloger, library educator and library manager. She is actively involved with vocational education and training and is the Australian Capital Territory representative on the E-standards Expert Group, a national forum for recommending technical standards to support e-learning.