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Download full textCiampa, Bartholomew J. – 1975
A systems approach can be viewed as an attempt to answer the question, "What objectives are we to accomplish, by which procedures, and with what available resources?" The necessity for a systems approach is evident in many areas, and particularly explicit examples can be found in military history. A management system has been defined in…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Organization, Educational Administration, Management Systems
Ozbekhan, Hasan – Fields Within Fields, 1973
Current research in management science is yielding new planning methodology more consonant with the presently shifting world view than past fragmented efforts have been. (Author)
Descriptors: Administration, Management Systems, Methods, Models
Dearden, John – Harvard Business Review, 1972
Can a single, integrated system be devised to fill all of management's information needs? Only if Superman lends a helping hand. (Author)
Descriptors: Administration, Information Systems, Management Information Systems, Management Systems
Peer reviewedSherwood, Frank P.; Page, William J., Jr. – Public Administration Review, 1976
Describes the historical development and adoption of Management by Objectives (MBO) in public administration and argues that MBO should be treated as a managerial tactic, and not as a complete management system. (Available from the American Society for Public Administration, 1225 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20036; $30.00 annually) (JG)
Descriptors: Administration, Governmental Structure, Management by Objectives, Management Systems
Tedrick, Ted; And Others – Parks and Recreation, 1984
Prior to improving volunteer services, a leisure agency should have a realistic expectation of the desired accomplishments, both in individual and organizational terms. A systems approach to volunteer management is discussed that includes the components of planning and coordination; recruitment and orientation; training and placement; and…
Descriptors: Administration, Leisure Education, Management Systems, Program Development
Kessel, Vicki; Mink, Oscar G. – 1971
Because of constantly changing forces, pressures and demands on institutions of higher education, college administrators have been compelled to seek new methods for enhancing educational development. The systems approach, currently in vogue in industrial and governmental agencies, is also applicable to a full range of administrative structures…
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Problems, Higher Education, Institutional Role
Snowball, George J. – 1973
The library cannot be considered as an isolated entity, but must be considered in relationship to its place in the international information network and to its place within the institution which it serves. The library collection must also be considered within its framework. Integrated management of the collection implies that all aspects of…
Descriptors: Administration, Budgeting, Budgets, Libraries
Peer reviewedMcConkie, Mark L. – Group and Organization Studies, 1979
Classifies work dealing with Management by Objectives (MBO), summarizes major findings of the research and suggests observations regarding implementation and maintenance of MBO programs. Researchers feel positive about MBO. They warn of the moderating powers of intervening variables. Properly maintained, MBO will do what it is designed to do.…
Descriptors: Administration, Employees, Interpersonal Relationship, Management by Objectives
Peer reviewedIrwin, Patrick H. – Long Range Planning, 1974
Strategic management is concerned with determining the long-term goals of an enterprise and deciding on the most appropriate course of action to achieve them. Strategic planning can revive the entrepreneurial characteristics of a business whose survival otherwise could be threatened. (Author/WM)
Descriptors: Administration, Decision Making, Futures (of Society), Management Systems
Peer reviewedLessem, R. S. – Instructional Science, 1974
Paper differentiates managerial performance from management capacity and management style. Methods of structured communication and problem-solving are proposed, in the context of an overall educational working structure, arising out of systematic principles, and oriented towards individualized, integrated and broadly based learning. (Author)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Policy, Educational Administration, Educational Development
Douglas, John; Grimes, Andrew J. – Training and Development Journal, 1973
Article presents a progression training model as a possible approach for minimizing the conflict that often emerges between superiors and subordinates when management by objectives programs are initiated. (GB)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Education, Leadership Training, Management Development
Peer reviewedIvancevich, John M. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1974
Reports on empirically-based longitudinal study of performance in a manufacturing company that uses management by objectives. The performance of the subordinates of 181 MBO-involved supervisors in the production and marketing departments is analyzed. Time lag, reinforcement, and sustaining improvements in performance are considered and analyzed.…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Management by Objectives, Management Systems
Hersey, Paul; Scott, Douglas – OCLEA, 1974
Systems concepts suggest that school administrators should not only carry out plans, but also act as managers who do planning, design strategies, and operate in terms of all systems, balancing and managing their interaction. (Author/WM)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrator Education, Educational Administration, Management Systems
Gentry, Castelle; Johnson, Charles – 1974
The authors begin by describing difficulties in educational management systems and list three conditions essential for any performance-based teacher education management system: a) there must be a clear discrimination between the values of management systems operators and the management tools and processes; b) objectives and operations of the…
Descriptors: Administration, Competency Based Teacher Education, Management Systems, Systems Approach
Kirkpatrick, Donald L. – Training and Development Journal, 1973
Author exemplified why management by objectives shouldn't be the basis for salary administration. (Editor)
Descriptors: Administration, Administrative Principles, Administrators, Management by Objectives
