TAl KEUN OH New Dimensions of Management Theory

The author identifies good organization and management as a vital factor in library operation. He attempts to acquaint the reader briefly with the history and development of management science from the Classical theorists and Scientific ·Management school through the Human Relations school up to the modern behavioralist and problem-oriented approach. He shows the influence of these different ap-proaches on library management up to the present and sugges.ts ways in which library managers could make further use of the vast body of theory and research in the management field. He recommends more utilization of existing knowledge along with, further research by li-brarians into management problems. THE LffiRARY, all will agree, is a form of organization. An organization may be defined as that which coordinates a large number of people to perform explicitly defined objectives which the individual cannot perform alone. It emphasizes ra-tionality, effectiveness, and efficiency in the achievement of organizational ob-jectives. One of the most important factors in the successful fulfillment of library func-tion is good managemen,.t and organiza-tion. Wilson and Tauber, in The Univer-sity Library, concluded that «the success of the library in performing its appropri-ate function depends, in considerable measure, upon the nature of its admin-istrative organization."