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Denny, William A. – Business Horizons, 1979
Ten suggestions for administrators concerning objectives setting, employee participation, yearly reviews, and other aspects of management by objectives programs. Reprint available from Business Horizons, School of Business, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405. (JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Guides, Administrator Responsibility, Administrator Role, Employer Employee Relationship
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Scott, Dow – Journal of Management, 1980
Investigated the causal direction between interpersonal trust and assessed value of an MBO program in a large mass-transit organization. Three measures of trust were collected. Results indicated that trust in superiors and trust in top management affect the assessed value of MBO and suggests that an interaction effect occurred. (Author)
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Interpersonal Relationship, Interprofessional Relationship
Williams, M. Lee; Whitcraft, Carol – 1989
A study reviewed the progress of the 1978 Management by Objectives (MBO) and other management effectiveness programs initiated in Texas state agencies, 10 years after implementation. Questionnaires were distributed to a 25% random sample of executives, middle managers, and first level supervisors across the 11 largest state agencies. Over 1,700…
Descriptors: Communication Research, Employer Employee Relationship, Management by Objectives, Organizational Communication
Williams, Ervin – 1976
This book brings together in one source, basic participative management theory, a broad range of research on the subject, and a number of methods and techniques to assist the practitioner in implementing participative management. Three sections included are (1) Concepts and Theory, (2) Research Studies, and (3) Practice and Implementation. Focus…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Principles, Behavior Theories, Coordination