This study aims to examine the perceptions regarding systems thinking and shared vision and\r\nmission of librarians in an academic library in Malaysia. In this preliminary study,\r\nquestionnaires were distributed to fifty academic librarians in one large public university in\r\nMalaysia. The result shows that respondents� perception on shared vision and mission, systems\r\nthinking and knowledge performance are very similar and moderately positive. In addition, a\r\nstrong relationship exists between shared vision and mission and systems thinking. Shared\r\nvision and mission has a higher correlation with knowledge performance than systems\r\nthinking. The result also shows that there are no differences in the perceptions between males\r\nand females, middle and senior management as well as between those with bachelor degree\r\nand master qualifications. The outcome of the study is expected to lead librarians to improve\r\nthe skills to acquire knowledge and learning capabilities for better knowledge performance in\r\nthe academic library.
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