What is needed is an exoteric university structure: one that closely aligns its organization and its practice to produce "Socially useful knowledge" and solutions to social problems. Such a university could combine elements of esoteric study with exoteric methods to achieve an integration of academic and "real" worlds. (Author)

The concept of management by objectives can be applied to academic institutions. A continual process for identifying goals, defining individual responsibilities, and using agreed-on measurements as guides and assessment tools, MBO's basic thrust is to push the decision-making process down through the organization. (Author/LBH)

This paper outlines the decision-making processes and procedures that affect curriculum and identifies the leadership role of different school personnel and the steps involved in making decisions. The following areas of curriculum planning are discussed: (1) what is to be taught to different learners and in what order; (2) what textbooks, media,…

This paper is a review of the compatibility of M.B.O. with student development. (Author)

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…