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Management by Objectives: The Swedish Experience in Upper Secondary Schools
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Lindberg, Erik; Wilson, Timothy L. – Journal of Educational Administration, 2011
Purpose: This paper seeks to explore how managing by objectives (MBO) has been adopted in Swedish schools and to reflect on some of the consequences in a longitudinal study. Results relate to whether introduction has increased student performance and whether it works as a tool for the principals to create more effective schools.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Secondary Schools, Management by Objectives, Principals
CAM Challenges Students to Perform Better.
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Ryan, Suzanne K. – Educational Leadership, 1980
The Comprehensive Achievement Monitoring (CAM) program revolves around a series of tests regularly administered to students with immediate feedback to students and teachers. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Computer Assisted Instruction, Elementary Secondary Education, Management by Objectives, Program Evaluation
Ten Rules for Managing by Objectives.
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Denny, William A. – Business Horizons, 1979
Ten suggestions for administrators concerning objectives setting, employee participation, yearly reviews, and other aspects of management by objectives programs. Reprint available from Business Horizons, School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405. (JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Employer Employee Relationship
Service Delivery and Evaluation from the Consumer's Point of View.
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Kiresuk, Thomas J.; And Others – New Directions for Program Evaluation, 1981
The consumer of a service is of primary importance when defining groups most concerned with program impact. Program effectiveness for the consumer may be increased through the use of certain guiding principles based on the extension of existing quality assurance and program evaluation methodologies. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Accountability, Delivery Systems, Evaluation Methods, Human Services
Developing Mission Statements for Nature Centers.
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McLean, Daniel D. – Journal of Environmental Education, 1983
Evaluated existing purposes of the Iowa Conservation Education Center, identifying current users' perceptions of the goals/missions of the center. Indicates that the methodology employed could be implemented by other nature centers considering assessment of existing mission statements or identifying new mission statements. (JN)
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Educational Objectives, Environmental Education, Management by Objectives
MASBO:Managing a School by Objectives. A Process that Helps a System Define Its Objectives and Evaluate Its Achievements.
Newberry, Allan J. – Education Canada, 1980
Management-By-Objective (MBO) is an eight-step process which allows a school system to state its objectives clearly and evaluate its achievements. MBO aids individual administrators and improves communication within the school system. (SB)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Educational Administration, Educational Planning, Elementary Secondary Education
Reflections on Evaluating Staff Development: The View from an Iron Cow.
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Patton, Michael Q. – Journal of Staff Development, 1982
The Koan technique was originated by Zen masters to help students open up to new possibilities and to help the individual realize his/her full potential. The staff developer should be engaged in the same process. Important factors in the evaluation process of staff development are listed. (JN)
Descriptors: Change Agents, Educational Philosophy, Epistemology, Evaluation Criteria
The Causal Relationship between Trust and the Assessed Value of Management by Objectives.
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Scott, Dow – Journal of Management, 1980
Investigated the causal direction between interpersonal trust and assessed value of an MBO program in a large mass-transit organization. Three measures of trust were collected. Results indicated that trust in superiors and trust in top management affect the assessed value of MBO and suggests that an interaction effect occurred. (Author)
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship, Interprofessional Relationship
The Effects of MBO on Performance and Satisfaction in a Public Sector Organization.
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Thompson, Kenneth R.; And Others – Journal of Management, 1981
Examined effects of Management by Objectives (MBO) on measures of quantity and quality of performance and satisfaction with the work and supervision among employees in a human services agency. The combined measure for quantity of performance and one of two quality measures showed significant improvement following implementation of MBO. (Author)
Descriptors: Counselors, Employee Attitudes, Human Services, Job Performance
The Use of Management by Objectives in Medical Education Enrichment Programs.
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Murphy, John W.; Redden, Richard – Journal of Medical Education, 1982
It is difficult to evaluate the goals and effectiveness of programs to recruit and retain minority students in medical education by current methods. Management by objectives is proposed as an appropriate process for refining program goals and fairly evaluating the programs. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Dropout Prevention, Educational Objectives, Higher Education
Library Reference Services.
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Miller, Constance; And Others – RQ, 1985
Seven articles on library reference services highlight reference obsolescence in academic libraries, major studies of unobtrusive reference tests, methods for evaluating reference desk performance, reference interview evaluation, problems of reference desk control, online searching by end users, and reference collection development in…
Descriptors: Interviews, Librarians, Library Administration, Library Collection Development