Should student personnel departments implement MBO (management by objectives)? Yes. Experience and research have shown that MBO can have a positive effect on key aspects of campus management. To do this, however, the college must make a substantial, ongoing commitment to the program, and the program must have campus-wide support at all levels.…

Explores impact of management by objectives (MBO) on the perceived managerial effectiveness of community college student personnel departments. Although there were no significant differences between the samples, a substudy that investigated four student personnel functional areas did find some significant differences. (Author)