A means to organize and evaluate purposes and performance of a school system. (Available from Educational Communication Center, P.O. Box 657, Camp Hill, PA 17011; $12.00 annually.) (Author)

If management by objectives is to be successful in the public sector it must somehow be integrated into both the compensation and promotion systems. (Author/IRT)

Management by objectives demands a particular philosophy of management--the entrepreneurial. Available from Office of Publications, Graduate School of Business Administration, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104. Single copy, $2.50. (Author/IRT)

The management by objectives (MBO) approach to compensation structures for administrators is presented here. The reasons for the press for differentiation of school administrators' salaries on the basis of their performance are outlined. The steps in the planning, development, and administration of an MBO compensation structure are listed and…

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…

The speaker begins his presentation by reviewing the literature on merit programs, both for teachers and for administrators, and summarizing the pros and cons of such programs. He then discusses the development of the merit pay program operating in his district. The initial and most important step in planning that program was developing a…

Assessment of senior officials, according to this report, is designed to improve performance in terms of systems objectives. Assessment is defined as the measurement of the distance between performance desired and performance achieved. The author suggests that in developing an evaluative system the school system should first spend a lot of time,…

Compensation programs designed specifically for school middle managers should involve them and should include a program for evaluating employee performance and for developing and maintaining job descriptions. (Author/MLF)

This handbook tells how to identify and afford on-the-job development for administrators and supervisors of a school system or other institution and at the same time how to evaluate them. Developmental performance evaluation, the book says, is similar to Management by Objectives and Program Planning Budgeting Systems and can be used in conjunction…

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)

Each of the 24 administrators brings his concerns to the team for discussion and suggestions. At the request of team members, priorities are set and the individual administrator attacks his own objectives in the most professional manner possible. Inherent in the program are built-in methods for proceeding towards attainable goals, progress checks,…

This paper discusses the use of management by objectives for performance appraisal in education, examining its potential strengths and weaknesses. Among the potential strengths of the performance appraisal approach are the following: 1) it fosters staff development, since an administrator's performance is evaluated according to how well his…

To recognize high performance administrators, a South Carolina school district has added a performance incentive to the basic salary plan for administrators. Criteria for comparing job targets that are selected by the administrators are based on scope, complexity, and anticipated impact. (MLF)

The author examines the concept of administrator renewal, describes the general characteristics of Colorado's mid-level school personnel continuing education programs, and examines the assistance of the State Department of Education in developing such programs. (MB)

Two hypotheses guided these studies: (1) administrators with a greater risk propensity will develop more innovative job targets in a management-by-objectives program than will those with less risk propensity, and (2) educators' risk propensity will increase after group discussion. The Choice Dilemmas measure, content analysis of goal statements,…