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)

Considering an organizational phenomenon from more than one theoretical perspective may be more fruitful than using a single rational approach. There is a danger that the restriction of information generation caused by the single approach may produce a false certainty engendered in part through the methodology itself. (Author/WM)

Many management styles in business and education today are not efficient, however the system of Management By Objectives (MBO) is proving to be successful. An MBO system basically has three parts: plan, implement, and review. In the planning stage the organization's purpose is defined, a mission statement developed, goals set, and objectives…

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…

The Satellite Technology Demonstration (STD), a project of the Federation of Rocky Mountain States, Inc. (FRMS), employed a project management model for its organizational structure. The organization and management system utilized by the STD was designed to accomplish a predetermined set of objectives with the highest quality possible within a…

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 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…

This text is of a series of three handbooks, each intended to provide busy educational executives with a brief, practical overview of one major issue or movement. This book aims at providing both the theoretical base of the management by objectives and results (MBO/R) system of management and suggestions for its practical application. The author…

This packet contains the materials necessary for presentation of the third of ten modules that comprise a portion of the National Training and Development Service Urban Management Curriculum Development Project. The management by objectives module presents a framework for identifying, integrating, monitoring, and evaluating the goals and…