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McGrew, Jean B.; Hafeman, Donald A. – 1974
In response both to a growing national grumbling about the need for educational accountability and to a felt need to better define and focus on district priorities, the Madison Public Schools adopted a mangement by objectives (MBO) program in 1970. It is on the basis of three years' experience with this program that this book has been written. The…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Educational Administration, Educational Change
Baron, Bernard – 1978
The various elements of the management approach to tertiary education (broadly, all institutions of further and higher education maintained by local authorities) are identified, with the principal focus on the general approach known as "Management by Objectives" (MBO). The arguments for and against its use and possible hazards following…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bibliographies, Educational Administration, Educational Objectives
Browder, Lesley H., Jr. – 1975
The work presented in this monograph is the author's own attempt to piece together a representative review of the literature on educational accountability; this attempt admittedly overlooks many works, does not always offer "the best" works (simply representative ones), and is patterned after the author's own observations of what is…
Descriptors: Accountability, Bibliographies, Change Strategies, Cost Effectiveness
Gephart, William J., Ed. – 1975
Six papers from a Phi Delta Kappa symposium on educational accountability begin with an examination of accountability both as a goal and a process for achieving a goal, particularly from the state education agency perspective. The second paper, prepared from the vantage point of the teacher, asks questions about the development of accountability…
Descriptors: Accountability, Conferences, Educational Administration, Educational Assessment
Carpenter, William B.; And Others – 1973
Because today's college administrators must find an acceptable balance between educational desirability, economic feasibility, political expediency, social relevancy, and philosophical defensibility, many have turned to Management by Objectives (MBO), which coordinates management activities with institutional goals. MBO is concerned with the…
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Administrator Evaluation, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role
Grossbard, Stephen I. – 1975
The planning, programming, budgeting system (PPBS) is an instrument to help policy-makers assign priorities and allocate resources. It does not seek to computerize what is essentially a political process, nor is it intended that the statisticians and cost accountants take over functions that properly belong to the political decision-maker. PPBS is…
Descriptors: Accountability, Budgeting, Cost Effectiveness, Decision Making
Genck, Fredric H. – 1991
This book was designed to help citizens evaluate and improve their local schools. It contends that the solution to the potential end of America's progress is through positive school reform--the public management of schools. It presents a system of participative and results-oriented management that is implemented by boards, administrators, and…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Assessment, Educational Change, Educational Objectives
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris (France). – 2001
Throughout Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries, school systems and individual schools are experimenting with new approaches to management that seek to run schools in ways that are right for the 21st century. Those who manage these schools must take responsibility for an arduous task due to the complexity…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Accountability, Case Studies, Educational Administration
Fuller, Jack W. – 1979
In an effort to re-examine the principles and rationale of community and adult education, this monograph first addresses the quandary of adult education--society's commitment to schooling for the young while paying little more than lip service to meeting the educational needs of the whole population. Continuing education staff are encouraged to…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Programs, Adult Students, Community Colleges
Mount San Jacinto Coll., San Jacinto, CA. – 1976
This document presents the annual Management by Objectives report of Mt. San Jacinto College. The first section, describing the college's long-range plan, provides for the college as a whole and for each administrative and instructional area an historical perspective, projected futures, and recommendations designed to meet future contingencies.…
Descriptors: Accountability, College Credits, College Role, Community Colleges