The objective of this paper is to provide the student personnel administrator with an understanding of the pluses and pitfalls of implementing management by objectives. The author discusses the following potential performance improving aspects of MBO: the establishment of goals, objectives, and results measures; participation; and the appraisal…

This paper presents a management by objectives system in three sections: a method of developing the organization's goals and objectives, a method for the development of personal job functions and performance objectives, and a method for the establishment of performance evaluation sessions. Key terms are defined. A rationale for developing…

Three articles discuss management of library technical processes personnel. The first article focuses on the employer employee relationship and communication; the second explores management trends, including participative decision making, personnel evaluation, management by objectives, and the collegial system; and the third focuses on the…

This technical paper is one of three produced by a large-scale effort aimed at implementing a new approach to measuring productivity, and using that approach to assess the impact of feedback, goal setting, and incentives on productivity. The productivity measurement system was developed for five units in the maintenance and supply areas at an Air…