Program objectives and fiscal accountability were combined as program budgeting was developed in a local school district. This approach to budgeting increased staff involvement, emphasized the system approach, and improved communications. The budget development process is described and documented through one school year. (Author/DW)

Based on personal experience of a non-university executive, suggestions are offered for management planning within the university. They include the premise that planning is essentially concerned with controlling and influencing the direction of change and that frustration often derives from difficulty in obtaining or influencing the direction of…

Management by Objectives is a professional approach to management that determines what must be done (including establishment of priorities); how it must be done (the program steps or plan of action); when it must be done; what resources are needed (personnel, equipment, money); what constitutes satisfactory performance; how much progress is being…

A management-by-objectives project designed to provide a rational basis for implementing a programming-planning-budgeting evaluation system in the school district is summarized. The project goal was to design and implement an accountability model utilizing participative management as a tool for development. Three organizational phases involved in…

The evaluation of administrative and supervisory personnel is receiving increasing attention by State legislatures, the public at large, and the education profession. At least nine States now mandate periodic, formal evaluations of administrative and supervisory personnel in their public schools. As a result of these State mandates and the…

The use of analytical models and quantitative methods for both short- and long-range problem solving offer library managers an excellent opportunity to improve and rationalize decision-making for strategic and organizational planning. The first step is to identify the problems confronting the library and understand its current capabilities.…

The first year report of the Health Education and Welfare (HEW) Region 2 Adult and Continuing Education Staff Development Project administered by Montclair State College reflects the objectives and activities of New Jersey, New York, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands as they sought to improve their staff development capability in 1972-73. The…

The Joint University Libraries (JUL) of Nashville, Tennessee have found that as they become increasingly complex they must make optimum use of their resources. In 1972, JUL initiated a planning effort, called Comprehensive Organizational/Operational Planning (CO/OP), designed to provide information for intelligent management decisions. Policy…