The journey that led to the writing of this book has been shaped by diverse professional experiences across multiple sectors. After completing my Master’s degree from the Indian Statistical Institute, I worked in various corporate organizations, followed by assignments with two foreign missions. These professional engagements provided me with exposure to administration and management practices across different organizational, cultural, and economic environments. Eventually, my career brought me to academic institutions, where I began teaching students of Library and Information Science.While teaching, especially to students from marginalized backgrounds and first-generation learner families, I realized a significant gap between traditional textbooks and the rapidly changing realities of the information world. Although several books are available on administration, management, and library science, most of them are rooted in conventional theories and practices that do not adequately address the profound transformations taking place in society, technology, economy, knowledge creation, and information dissemination in the 21st century.
The journey that led to the writing of this book has been shaped by diverse professional experiences across multiple sectors. After completing my Master’s degree from the Indian Statistical Institute, I worked in various corporate organizations, followed by assignments with two foreign missions. These professional engagements provided me with exposure to administration and management practices across different organizational, cultural, and economic environments. Eventually, my career brought me to academic institutions, where I began teaching students of Library and Information Science.While teaching, especially to students from marginalized backgrounds and first-generation learner families, I realized a significant gap between traditional textbooks and the rapidly changing realities of the information world. Although several books are available on administration, management, and library science, most of them are rooted in conventional theories and practices that do not adequately address the profound transformations taking place in society, technology, economy, knowledge creation, and information dissemination in the 21st century.