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Laverty, Frank T. – Canadian Training Methods, 1973
Preoccupation with process has been obscuring the real management objective of increasing effectiveness and the ability of organizations to cope with rapidly changing situations. (Author)
Descriptors: Management by Objectives, Management Systems, Objectives, Organizations (Groups)
PDF pending restorationMusgrave, Gerald L.; Elster, Richard S. – 1974
This bibliography contains over 500 references to articles, journals, documents, and books on management by objectives and goal setting. The citations are arranged in alphabetical order by author. (DN)
Descriptors: Accountability, Bibliographies, Employer Employee Relationship, Management by Objectives
Mullen, Michael – Journal of the College and University Personnel Association, 1974
Explains the concept of management by objectives, suggests how it can be implemented in educational institutions, and points out limitations on its use. (Editor)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Employer Employee Relationship, Higher Education
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
Download full textGoddu, Roland – 1975
This guide to simplified performance management approaches contains five sections. The first section, entitled "Simple Techniques for Managing an Innovation," is written from the viewpoint of a principal as manager. It describes how to manage an innovation, develop an objective, allocate resources for the innovation, keep organized…
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Educational Innovation, Management by Objectives, Management Systems
Tennessee State Board for Vocational Education, Nashville. – 1971
Staff members of the Division of Vocational-Technical Education and teacher educators attended a 4-day conference for the purpose of exploring the applicability of the management by objectives (MBO) process to vocational education. Conference presentations included: (1) "What Is Already Happening as Part of MBO?" by W. Russell Smith, (2)…
Descriptors: Conference Reports, Management by Objectives, Management Development, Management Systems
tanner, C. Kenneth; And Others – Education Tomorrow, 1972
Descriptors: Data Processing, Educational Planning, Goal Orientation, Management by Objectives
Peer reviewedKnezevich, S. J. – Education, 1972
Author contends that much of the confusion that comes to those who seek to understand and then to implement MBO lies in the special interpretations attached to it or in the unique emphasis placed on particular parts of it by various writers. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Educational Administration, Human Relations, Leadership Styles
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
Goddu, Roland – 1975
Management and supervision in a management by objectives system do not focus on the quality or efficiency of a list of activities. Rather, the manager and supervisor validate progress in reaching agreed outcomes. The implementation of a management and supervision by results approach requires (a) agreement on a statement of mission; (b) agreement…
Descriptors: Accountability, Evaluation, Evaluation Needs, Management by Objectives
Goddu, Roland; And Others – 1975
This workbook is designed to provide the professional educator with an insight and some practical understanding of the management by objectives (MBO) process. It contains four sections, the first of which is an introduction. The next section gives an overview of MBO. It states that MBO is a process whereby two persons in an organization (a)…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Management by Objectives, Management Systems, Objectives
Bell, Terrel H. – 1973
In this speech, the author discusses the use of the management by objectives (MBO) approach as a means for accomplishing accountability. He traces the steps to be taken by participants -- from superintendent to school staff -- in implementing an MBO program. (JF)
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Role, Guidelines, Management by Objectives
Direct linkHamilton, David L.; Hinko, Paul – New Directions for Community Colleges, 1976
Management by objectives (MBO), if properly applied to educational organizations, provides a rational means of achieving objectives with scarce resources. This article discusses the need for MBO, describes the process and some of its potential benefits and pitfalls. (Author/NHM)
Descriptors: Administrative Organization, Management by Objectives, Management Systems, Objectives
Halverson, Don E. – 1977
Drawing on materials from a variety of sources, the authors of this guide survey the advantages and disadvantages of management by objectives (MBO), describe common errors made in setting objectives and in operating an MBO system, and provide samples of MBO planning calendars. The emphasis in most of these materials is on MBO as a means of…
Descriptors: Educational Administration, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Methods, Management by Objectives
PDF pending restorationTilley (W.L.) Associates, Coventry, CT. – 1975
This paper describes a workshop for pupil personnel workers inaugurated to formulate statewide goals and objectives for Pupil Personnel Services in the public schools of Connecticut. Separate workshops were held for urban and suburban pupil personnel teams. Included in the report is a rationale for the workshops, a day-by-day schedule of workshop…
Descriptors: Accountability, Counseling Objectives, Elementary Education, Management by Objectives
