Behaviorally anchored rating scales (BARS) provide a means of integrating effectiveness-based and behavior-based appraisal systems. BARS is a set of scales--one for each major job dimension, or broad class of duties, responsibilities, or activities of a job. (Author/IRT)

The procedure described here--written for the Frederick County Public Schools, Maryland--is an approach to planning, controlling, and evaluating organizational operations that emphasizes objectives and performance standards against which organizational results can be measured. The paper discusses purposes of the work plan and evaluation system,…

Examines a faculty development program that is based on management by objectives. (Includes forms or outlines for making recommendations for reappointment, promotion, or tenure; a development plan for the academic year; and a faculty performance review and development report.) (PD)

A management-by-objectives approach demands personnel assignments, deadlines, and a concise statement of the task. This approach can be used to evaluate personnel and to eliminate the need for crisis management. (Author/MLF)

The management by objectives (MBO) system is applied to a classroom situation with handicapped children. Uses of MBO in establishing specific curriculum objectives and supervising classroom aides are discussed. (CL)

An approach to individual supervisory coaching, "communication by objectives," is appropriate for all supervisors, systematically teaching them to translate concepts into skills and to apply those skills on an individualized basis to employees. (Author/MLF)

The concepts and components of Management by Objectives (MBO) are examined in terms of their application to educational administration. The paper begins by defining MBO, differentiating its components (e.g., individual and institutional goals and mission statements), and emphasizing the need for management styles conducive to objective management.…

This handbook tells how to identify and afford on-the-job development for administrators and supervisors of a school system or other institution and at the same time how to evaluate them. Developmental performance evaluation, the book says, is similar to Management by Objectives and Program Planning Budgeting Systems and can be used in conjunction…

To deal with the time shortage problem while simultaneously stressing student educational development, a system was designed and implemented to manage a peer forensics coaching program. The program taps the peer coaching potential available on every team and generates academic credit and letter grades for the peer coaches by utilizing a…

For most high school teachers, it appears that the work group they most closely identify with is the department (or the discipline). There are some common bonds: a common language, similar educational backgrounds, a common respect for the subject, and a shared world view shaped by the discipline itself which predisposes the members of the group to…

To recognize high performance administrators, a South Carolina school district has added a performance incentive to the basic salary plan for administrators. Criteria for comparing job targets that are selected by the administrators are based on scope, complexity, and anticipated impact. (MLF)

Offers rationale for emphasizing management by job standards (MJS) rather than management by objectives. Presents program assumptions and implementation issues. One issue is that supervisors and, if possible, employees need to develop skill in writing job standards. Provides guidelines/examples for developing job standards. Examines implementation…

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)

Project management covers a wide range of skills and is one of the best forms of staff development available for the development of skills by doing. This publication is for the use of staff involved in e-learning development projects. An introduction and overview includes discussion of e-learning projects in general and why they are undertaken;…

Zero-base budgeting is a management tool that provides a system that is responsive to change, incorporates sound principles of management, satisfies the need to effectively shift resources, and does not overload the budget staff. (Author/MLF)