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| Personnel Administrator | 10 |
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| Journal Articles | 7 |
| Guides - Non-Classroom | 3 |
| Opinion Papers | 2 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 2 |
| Reports - Research | 1 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 1 |
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Morrisey, George L. – Personnel Administrator, 1976
The process of using paired comparisons in the Decision Matrix allows individuals involved in setting priorities to consider the pros and cons of each in reaching a rational decision about objective priorities. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Decision Making, Management by Objectives, Matrices, Objectives
Luthans, Fred; Sellentin, Jerry L. – Personnel Administrator, 1976
Almost all respondents felt that management by objectives had a positive impact on performance effectiveness. (Author)
Descriptors: Accountability, Hospitals, Management by Objectives, National Surveys
Odiorne, George S. – Personnel Administrator, 1981
Lists the ways in which those against planning and change impede progress and productivity. (Author/JM)
Descriptors: Change, Innovation, Long Range Planning, Management by Objectives
Schneier, Craig Eric; Beatty, Richard W. – Personnel Administrator, 1979
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)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Guidelines, Management by Objectives, Personnel Evaluation
Baird, John E. Jr. – Personnel Administrator, 1981
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)
Descriptors: Business, Communication Skills, Management by Objectives, Management Development
Duemer, Walter C.; And Others – Personnel Administrator, 1978
The study suggests that the quality of life at work can be enhanced through effective performance planning by employees and that this planning can also reduce the amount of job-related stress employees experience. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Employees, Labor Force Development, Management by Objectives, Personnel Directors
Olivas, Louis – Personnel Administrator, 1981
Management by Objectives (MBO) should focus on objectives to be achieved and the establishment of objectives should involve participation between superior and subordinate. A process is described for facilitating the communications aspect of MBO through the use of a process consultant. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Communication Skills, Consultants, Formative Evaluation
Schneier, Craig Eric; Beatty, Richard W. – Personnel Administrator, 1979
The last of a three-part series, this article explains how behaviorally anchored rating scales, an appraisal system, can be integrated with management by objectives. A diagnostic technique for identifying performance problems using the integrated approach is explained. Forms required for the integration are provided. (Author/IRT)
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Adoption (Ideas), Behavior Rating Scales, Management by Objectives
Murray, Stuart – Personnel Administrator, 1983
Data from questionnaires administered to 163 company middle managers and from their personnel files revealed that the 87 managers from a division using the management-by-objectives appraisal system are more satisfied with this system and its feedback than are the 76 respondents from a division using a subjective appraisal system. (MLF)
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Employee Attitudes, Employer Employee Relationship, Evaluation Criteria
Moravec, Milan – Personnel Administrator, 1981
Explains how clear communication of job performance expectations and evaluation can help employees improve productivity. (JM)
Descriptors: Administrator Evaluation, Communication (Thought Transfer), Employer Employee Relationship, Evaluation Criteria
