Management-By-Objective (MBO) is an eight-step process which allows a school system to state its objectives clearly and evaluate its achievements. MBO aids individual administrators and improves communication within the school system. (SB)

The Superintendent of Pennridge School District in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, evaluates the local district administrators for merit pay twice a year based on management by objective concepts. Working individually and in teams, the administrators develop common and individual objectives. These objectives are assigned point values by secret…

This case study outlines the administrator evaluation program of the La Canada Unified School District, California. The district utilizes an objectives-based performance review system with 10 essential components, which include understanding of decision making roles, understanding of position functions, organizational agreement on objectives of…

Throughout Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries, school systems and individual schools are experimenting with new approaches to management that seek to run schools in ways that are right for the 21st century. Those who manage these schools must take responsibility for an arduous task due to the complexity…

The Select Advisory Board and the Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory project staff have analyzed and evaluated the need for reorganization in the district using the data, information, and organizational charts made available during the study. Recommended changes are appropriate because line and staff functions appear not to be accomplished…