management literature, and construct a
series of arguments around the possibility of
deploying a more entrepreneurial
managerial style in the management of the
Irish public service, with particular
reference to Irish public libraries.
Specifically, the authors argue that in
contexts where more people-centred
management policies are practised, control
gives way to a collaborative synergy,
bureaucracy to trust and a focus on the
process and overall an increased focus on
productivity and innovation. This, they
suggest, is of paramount importance, in an
era of rapid change, dominated by a
discourse on the significance of intellectual
capital and its cultivation and development