Compares the American and Japanese first-line supervisor: production statistics, supervisory style, company loyalty, management style, and communication. Also suggests what Americans might learn from the Japanese methods. (CT)

Management, consultants, and organization development specialists are provided a method for examining an organization in terms of its power, powerlessness, and power games. Emphasis is on building on existing power and reducing perceived or real states of powerlessness and subsequent power games. (Author/EA)

Management by Objectives (MBO) can be a powerful tool to help an organization improve productivity by tying part of the salary administration program to individual performance relative to mutually established goals. (BP)

The author examines the confluence of organizational development (OD) and management by objectives (MBO) in the changing world of today's organization. Recent trends include less human relations emphasis and more of a systems and task orientation. (EA)

The authors demonstrate the comprehensiveness of a performance management system and why it isn't just performance appraisal anymore. They discuss choosing performance appraisal measures and standards, communicating performance expectations, planning for performance, monitoring and controlling performance, appraising performance, providing…

Report on how one organization successfully overcame the back-home application problem. (Editor)

The rate of technological change demands a systems approach for continued proficient training. (Editor)

A comparison of Odiorne's and Drucker's positions on management by objectives, contending that Odiorne's position is mechanistic, with heavy emphasis on measurement, while Drucker's position poses problems in long-range goal measurement and qualitative performance. The author explores the implications of these positions in practice and for the…

The author believes that a highly qualified and mature executive serving as a management coach may be a valuable method to overcome communication gaps existing between different divisions of an industry. (EK)

The systems approach can be used by the trainer to analyze the very complex sales force system as it exists for their companies, their customers, and their markets. (MW)

The article discusses 11 subsystems of a training program in terms of a company's cost effectiveness. (BP)

Article attempts to survey major American corporations in order to present what is actually happening in management training today. (GB)

Management by objectives is useful when both technical and human aspects are given balanced attention, and is an excellent tool for structuring long-range goals and eliminating areas of uncertainity. Problems occur in sustaining necessary follow-up work, reconciling organizational goals with personal goals, and relating goal performance with the…

The advantages of participative management under MBO are examined in this article. MBO's value lies in its ability to improve communication and relations among employers and employees. (DS)