Discusses the management by objectives principle as it can be usefully applied to individualizing instruction, particularly as it capitalizes on Thota's planning, implementing, and evaluating model. (RAO)

Describes a planning model based on the experience at the University of Wisconsin--Oshkosh whose basic context is a statement of institutional mission; within that mission, planning assumptions are developed for an eight-year period. Outlines the planning process for a one-year cycle. (MB)

Author described in outline form how an MBO system functions in a school district, in order to judge more clearly the potential of MBO as a means to performance accountability. (Author/RK)

Five distinct format categories are used in this study to describe the form of educational objectives: clarity, range, level of abstractness, behavioralness, and observability. These form concepts are used to describe paradigm statements of three kinds of educational objectives: goals, intended learning outcomes, and behavioral evidence. Goals are…

Applied McCaskey's model of directional planning (as opposed to planning from goals and objectives) to data from large urban school districts. Initial impressions suggested that the model is viable: explicit, publicly stated goals and objectives were found to be grounded in a set of beliefs and desires for the districts. (CMG)

Outlines guidelines used at Cowley County Community College (Kansas) in the planning process, which should be participative, systematic, action-oriented, simple, and flexible. The planning model is organized into five parts: mission setting, trends and projects, needs and resources, goals and objectives, and plan of action. (MB)

By directing the change from an MBO system to a building-based goal program, a Pennsylvania superintendent enabled each building's staff and community to focus on an individual area of need (environmental education), as determined by a grassroots needs assessment effort. Students, parents, teachers, and administrators gathered and analyzed data,…

As part of the comprehensive planning process, once goals are developed, needs established, problems analyzed, and alternative solutions proposed, the decision is made to implement a particular program. The first step toward successful implementation is careful planning of the tasks, activities, personnel, calendar, resources, and evaluation…

This report describes a practicum project that attempted to develop a management by objectives (MBO) model appropriate for use in the Newington (Connecticut) public school system and to train selected Newington administrators in the use of this management system. The Newington MBO model was designed to cope with a number of existing problems in…

A comprehensive program was begun in 1972 at Furman University to revitalize its management planning processes and to develop a management planning model that could be used by other institutions. The effort continues as part of Furman's ongoing administrative operation. The resulting Management Planning Project at Furman is described in this…

In 1975, Delta College began a project to prepare a set of institutional goals and a mission statement for consideration and adoption by the college Senate and Board of Trustees, and to identify those goals that should take priority over the following five years. All areas of the college were represented on the goal development committee, and to…

The creative management of change in a time of economic contraction requires planning reforms. Organizing for effective planning requires a total conceptual framework beginning with a stated mission and ending with a systematic approach to operations. Goals should be based on a market analysis of community educational needs and its translation…

This text is of a series of three handbooks, each intended to provide busy educational executives with a brief, practical overview of one major issue or movement. This book aims at providing both the theoretical base of the management by objectives and results (MBO/R) system of management and suggestions for its practical application. The author…

This document reports on the efforts of the South Carolina State Department of Education to develop a comprehensive educational planning capability. An assessment model and a dynamic model were developed to help in the identification of educational needs and in the evaluation of public education in the State. The assessment model relates…