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Classifying and Reviewing the Empirical Work on MBO: Some Implications.

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McConkie, Mark L. – Group and Organization Studies, 1979

Classifies work dealing with Management by Objectives (MBO), summarizes major findings of the research and suggests observations regarding implementation and maintenance of MBO programs. Researchers feel positive about MBO. They warn of the moderating powers of intervening variables. Properly maintained, MBO will do what it is designed to do.…

Descriptors: Administration, Employees, Interpersonal Relationship, Management by Objectives

Management by Objectives. ACSA School Management Digest, Series 1, No. 6. ERIC/CEM Research Analysis Series, Number 33.

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Dunn, Pierre – 1977

This review of the literature briefly outlines the history of management by objectives (MBO), describing the Madison, Wisconsin, school district's application of this systems approach to school management, as well as alternatives to the Madison MBO plan developed by other districts across the country. Although there are many variations of MBO and…

Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Evaluation, Administrators, Educational Administration