Organizational change in the Medical Library Association: evolution of the continuing education program.
"Change" is a critical dimension of contemporary experience. Library associations are not exempt, and they change in ways similar to other organizations. According to some authorities, four phases typify the process: diagnosis, design, implementation, and incorporation. Focusing on changes in the Medical Library Association's longstanding program of continuing education, the authors utilize the "phase framework" to chart that association's movement from a management system depending primarily upon volunteers to one in which professional staff figure prominently. The historical review serves a heuristic purpose for individuals and institutions in identifying characteristic features of the change process.
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Medical Library Association, Chicago, Illinois 60611.
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D004496:Education, Continuing / Q000266:history*; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007996:Library Associations / Q000266:history* / Q000458:organization & administration; D007998:Library Science / Q000266:history*; D014481:United States