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Core Competency Curriculum Guidelines -- Leadership.
National Association for Court Management.
Outlines 5 guidelines for effective leadership and management of court systems.
Zoglio, Suzanne Willis.
Seven Keys to Building Great Work Teams.
Outlines 7 common elements of high-performing groups which leaders must understand in order to successfully implement team strategy.
Ostrom, Brian, Charles Ostrom, Roger Hanson, and Matthew Kleiman
Trial Courts as Organizations.
Temple University Press (2007).
The authors examine how courts operate, what characteristics they may display, and how they function as a unit to preserve judicial independence, strengthen organizational leadership, and influence court performance. They identify four different types of institutional cultures using a systematic analysis of alternative values on how work is done. Accordingly, the authors find judges and administrators prefer a definite pattern of different cultures, called a "mosaic," to guide how their courts operate in the future.
"Interview: The Challenge of Leadership in the Courts."
The Third Branch: Newsletter of the Federal Courts 38, no. 9 (September 2006).
In this interview, Judge Julia Gibbons of the 6th Circuit discusses the importance in restructuring and reorganizing the leadership structure within the judiciary, as well as reeducating judges regarding leadership training and the importance of leadership stability in the future of the courts.
Burke, Kevin S. and Michael Labrosse.
"Moving from Court Management to Court Leadership."
Court Manager 21, Number 1, page 17 (Spring 2006).
This article includes a set of recommendations on how modern courts can improve their systems of court management.
Core Competency Curriculum Guidelines: What Court Leaders Need to Know and Be Able to Do.
National Association for Court Management. (May 2004).
This "set of educational tools and guidelines is helping court managers come to grips with what they need to know and be able to do to meet the needs and functions of their court and professional organization." (KF8732 A15 C685)
Stupak, Ronald J.
"Court Managers as Leaders: An Active Strategy for Understanding and Using Power."
Court Manager 16, Number 2, page 19 (2001).
A short article which discusses the use of power under the definition of an energy to initiate and sustain action. The rest of the article is devoted to outlining tools for the usage and implementation of power, such as dividing up responsibilities between high-level, mid-level, and first-line supervisors. (KF8732 A15 C685)
Getting From Clobberation to Collaboration-The Importance of Judicial Leadership.
Florida Courts (2001).
Five-page outline on the role of judicial leadership in ensuring that the court's role in service coordination is acknowledged and accepted.
Wagenknecht-Ivey, Brenda J.
Continuous Quality Improvement in the Courts: A Practitioners Handbook.
Denver, CO: Center for Public Policy Studies (1998).
A vast handbook discussing how a person who has met a change in their court system should deal with these changes. This includes large sections on Constant Quality Improvement-the goal of the court reformer. Two examples of courts striving for this goal in Maryland and Ohio are given as examples of cases in which constant change had been implemented, and are shown to give examples of possible future reaction to change. (KF8732 .W34)
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Dooley, Jeff.
"Cultural Aspects of Change Management."
This short paper addresses the need to include cultural considerations and concerns during management change.
Journal of Organizational Change Management.
This Web site has a list of references for change management, and archived issues.
"Manager`s Toolkit."
USA.gov.
This section of the U.S. government's official Web portal, which provides a gateway to U.S. government information and services, provides information for managers on such topics as performance and change management.
The Change Project.
This Web site is for an organization dedicated to using the changing environment to make changes through writing, speaking, and consulting.
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Court Strategic Plans.
Judicial Council of California. .
Includes the Judicial Council`s Strategic Plan, and the Judicial Branch Operational Plan.
Good To Great: 2005-2010 Strategic Agenda.
Arizona Supreme Court.
A web site which discusses the State of Arizona ’s plan for implementing a more comprehensive strategic planning system. Included are keynote addresses, law code excerpts, and findings of task groups and special panels. The state lists five goals at the bottom of every page as the keys to reaching their eventual higher status.
Martin, John A.
Strategic Planning in the Courts: Implementation Guide.
Denver, CO: Center for Public Policy Studies (1995).
A short handbook which outlines some of the steps that a court can take to improve its strategic planning. This starts with the planning process, an 8-step program which leads to the actual strategy. Suggestions to expedite court cases are suggested, as well as methods of unclogging institutional backup. (KF8732 .S76)
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Schumacher, Wolf D.
Managing Barriers to Business Reengineering Success.
BPR OnLine Learning Center Series.
Chapter 3 outlines barriers to implementation success, identifying barriers and their potential causes.
Ahalt, Hon. Arthur M. Monty.
"Remaking the Courts and Law Firms of the Nation: Industrial Age to the Information Age."
Texas Tech Law Review 31, no. 4 (July 2000).
Judge Ahalt suggests that courts, lawyers, and judges must embrace modern technology to create a successful future. He lists positive changes that would occur if modern technology was applied to dispute resolution systems, such as reduced time delays, reduced costs, and increased profts. Judge Ahalt bases his analysis upon Michael Hammer's and Dean Pound's works regarding court technology and reengineering.
Business Process Reengineering Assessment Guide (Version 3).
Washington, D.C.: U.S. General Accounting Office (1997).
This extensive document explains when agencies are ready for reengineering, the challenges faced by it, and the most effective means of implementing it.
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