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Krahl, George R. – 1977
In order to affect accountability within individual school districts, there needed to be some system that would give direction and precedent to those responsible. A ready-made system that had a foothold in private industry was management by objectives (MBO). Rather than being a new principle of management, MBO simply has a different emphasis. It…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation, Management by Objectives
Peer reviewedMcLeod, Marshall W. – Planning and Changing, 1978
Lists 60 problems (and suggestions for their solution) that arose during the adoption of a management by objectives program, were suggested by that experience, or came out of the literature. (IRT)
Descriptors: Administrators, Adoption (Ideas), Educational Planning, Higher Education
Peer reviewedHerman, Jerry J. – NASSP Bulletin, 1978
This article briefly critiques management by objectives (MBO) as a means of specifying administrator tasks and then describes the implementation of MBO in the West Bloomfield School District, Orchard Lake, Michigan. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Administrators, Board of Education Role, Elementary Secondary Education, Management by Objectives
Download full textSchroeder, Roger G. – 1975
Management by Objectives (MBO) has been used by many businesses as a means of improving performance by managers. MBO involves setting agreed performance objectives in writing and includes a periodic review of the degree of achievement of those objectives. This document argues that MBO principles should be used by colleges and universities, and it…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Environment, Higher Education, Management by Objectives
Geiger, Philip E.; Toscano, Gerald – American School Board Journal, 1980
Outlines factors that led to success and to failure in merit pay programs for administrators. Briefly describes merit pay programs in several school districts. (IRT)
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Management by Objectives
Gray, Frank – 1975
This case study describes the personnel (including administrators) evaluation program in the Hyde Park, New York, schools. The program incorporates the job targets approach, which entails the setting and achievement of performance objectives. The purpose of the evaluation system is to improve the individual's performance and to aid in assessing…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrators, Board of Education Policy, Case Studies
Sullivan, Daniel – 1975
The purpose of the administrator evaluation program for the Lake Washington School District Number 414, Kirkland, Washington, is to improve motivation, increase understanding of administrator responsibilities, foster communication, establish documented performance as a decision base for personnel actions, and ensure the compatibility of…
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Administrators, Board of Education Policy, Case Studies
Fullan, Michael; And Others – 1978
This volume, the fourth of a five-volume series, contains three onsite case studies of organization development (OD) selected from a sample of 76 school districts. The purpose of the case studies was to analyze in detail different types of OD programs and their use. Each case study represents a different OD focus: case study A involves a survey…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Administrators, Adoption (Ideas), Boards of Education
