The development and usability of management techniques by most organizations have made them indispensable tools in solving organizational problems. It is against this background that this study investigated principals' management techniques and students' academic performance in secondary schools in Ilorin East Local Government Area of Kwara State.…

A growing number of school districts--including large ones like those in Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, and Hawaii--have become recent converts to new principal-evaluation systems that tie school leaders' appraisals to student test scores. As of this school year, student achievement accounts for 40 percent to 50 percent of principals' evaluations…

The Anglo-Saxon countries have implemented Management by Objectives (MBO) complemented with school-based management (SBM) fairly rapidly. Although these countries are considered something of a benchmark of stability, research on principals reveals that they experience high levels of stress and that this is associated with poorer job performance.…

Purpose: This paper seeks to explore how managing by objectives (MBO) has been adopted in Swedish schools and to reflect on some of the consequences in a longitudinal study. Results relate to whether introduction has increased student performance and whether it works as a tool for the principals to create more effective schools.…

School principals are second only to teachers among school-based factors that influence student achievement and they are critical to attracting and retaining effective teachers and other school staff. Yet in the past, federal policymakers haven't given school leadership much attention. This reauthorization of the Elementary and Secondary Education…

The pivotal role of principals as educational team leaders necessitates their being--and being seen as--one of the teachers in the school. Therefore, principals must remain within teachers' organizations; doing so is crucial to their role in their schools. (Author/NQA)

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 West Bloomfield School District (Michigan) evaluates administrators by utilizing a management by objectives technique, a comprehensive job description based on tasks to be performed, and a self-evaluation guide that serves as a discussion tool during evaluation conferences. (Author/MLF)

Outlines the development and implementation of a management by objectives system in one school district. (IRT)

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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…

For a concise exposition of what management by objectives is and what it could mean for schools, with special reference to the principalship, this article is recommended reading. (Editor)

Management-By-Objective (MBO) is an eight-step process which allows a school system to state its objectives clearly and evaluate its achievements. MBO aids individual administrators and improves communication within the school system. (SB)

Outlines factors that led to success and to failure in merit pay programs for administrators. Briefly describes merit pay programs in several school districts. (IRT)

Describes a systems approach to administrator evaluation that incorporates performance appraisal and management by objectives. (Author/JM)