The Johnson County Library (JoCo Library) is headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. Access the library's website (http://www.jocolibrary.org/ ) and study the organization's mission, goals, stakeholders, challenges, and accomplishments by reviewing annual reports, strategic plans, news articles, administrative policies, and program descriptions. In a paper of at least 6 - 8 pages (excluding title and references pages), briefly describe the library, its goals, its recent accomplishments, and the challenges it currently faces. Identify why the JoCo library exists and how it creates value for its stakeholders. Provide examples of how the library balances the needs of different stakeholder groups.
Outline the library's key inputs and outputs, and some of the ways the organization measures its effectiveness. Describe the ethical standards and guidelines that apply to JoCo Library managers and employees, and how these standards and guidelines might influence the ways managers and employees make decisions about the needs and interests of the library's diverse group of stakeholders. (Hint-the list of ethical standards for JoCo managers and employees can be found by following the links to the County Government website, or by searching for "ethics" on the Library Web Site.)
Textbook
Jones, G. R. (2012). Organizational theory, design, and change (7th ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Prentice Hall..
Chapter 1: Organizations and Organizational Effectiveness
Chapter 2: Stakeholders, Managers and Ethics
Chapter 3: Organizing in a Changing Global Environment
2. Articles:
Bottorff, D. L. (2006). Advancing from compliance to performance. Quality Progress, 39(4), 25-33. (ProQuest Document ID: 1024819391)
Verbos, A. K., Gerard, J. A., Forshey, P. R., Harding, C. S., & Miller, J. S. (2007). The positive ethical organization: Enacting a living code of ethics and ethical
organizational identity. Journal of Business Ethics, 76, 17-33. (ProQuest Document ID: 135597291)
Verschoor, C. C. (2005). Ethical culture: Most important barrier to ethical misconduct. Strategic Finance, 87(6), 19-20. (ProQuest Document ID: 940767981)
Watson, G. W., Freeman, R. E., & Parmar, B. (2007). Connected moral agency in organizational ethics. Journal of Business Ethics, 81, 323-341. (ProQuest
Document ID: 1507538651)
3. Website:
Johnson County Library: http://www.jocolibrary.org/
This website is the homepage of the Johnson County Library (JoCo Library), in Overland Park, Kansas. Explore the website to learn about the JoCo Library, paying
particular attention to the sections in the "About Us" pages on Governance & Budget, and Planning & Reports, as well as the links labeled "Using the Library"
and "News." You do not need to be a subscriber or have a logon ID to access the public information on the site.