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Hansen, Lee H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1973
A tongue-in-cheek description of how to render management-by-objectives harmless.. The MBO subversion model operates in six phases: (1) Lampoon-tation, (2) Concept Isolation, (3) Gandhian Passive Resistance, (4) Overhead Magnification, (5) Feigned Paranoia, and (6) Prophetic Self-Fulfillment. (Author/JF)
Descriptors: Guidelines, Humor, Management by Objectives, Management Systems
Phi Delta Kappan, 1977
Outlines the development and implementation of a management by objectives system in one school district. (IRT)
Descriptors: Adoption (Ideas), Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education, Management by Objectives
Kirst, Michael W. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Presents the rationale for California's consideration of a program planning budgeting system and the political reasons for its decline. (DW)
Descriptors: Accountability, Cost Effectiveness, Educational Finance, Educational Objectives
Perley, Daniel T.; Martin, Peter H. – Phi Delta Kappan, 1975
Presents a paradigm with which to view educational environments as they affect educational goals and influence student behavior. (Author/DW)
Descriptors: Conceptual Schemes, Educational Environment, Educational Objectives, Educational Planning
Holt, Maurice – Phi Delta Kappan, 1993
Taylorism (the rational-managerial model) still dominates U.S. education. Deming's quality and improvement concepts cut much deeper than "total quality management" externalities and differ markedly from management by objectives or outcome-based education approaches. The Deming approach is no quick fix but requires a fundamental change in…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Education Work Relationship, Educational Objectives, Educational Quality