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PDF pending restorationMusgrave, Gerald L.; Elster, Richard S. – 1974
This bibliography contains over 500 references to articles, journals, documents, and books on management by objectives and goal setting. The citations are arranged in alphabetical order by author. (DN)
Descriptors: Accountability, Bibliographies, Employer Employee Relationship, Management by Objectives
Peer reviewedMcConkie, 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
Download full textAmerican Association of School Administrators, Washington, DC. National Academy for School Executives. – 1973
This annotated bibliography includes documents on various kinds of objectives, setting objectives, and managing by objectives. Emphasis is on the management system known as management by objectives (MBO). The listing is complete for all issues of RIE through August 1973 and includes documents processed by this and other clearinghouses. Based on…
Descriptors: Administration, Annotated Bibliographies, Educational Administration, Educational Objectives
PDF pending restorationDunn, 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
Moxley, Linda S. – 1978
The objective of this paper is to provide the student personnel administrator with an understanding of the pluses and pitfalls of implementing management by objectives. The author discusses the following potential performance improving aspects of MBO: the establishment of goals, objectives, and results measures; participation; and the appraisal…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Management by Objectives, Management Systems, Objectives
