Key elements in the effectiveness of the advisory committee at Erie County Technical School (Pennsylvania) are its organizational structure, liaison with staff, management by objectives, and leadership commitment. (SK)

Reactions to a two-year pilot program of management by objectives in the Business Education Department at Utah State University were positive. (MS)

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)

Lists the ways in which those against planning and change impede progress and productivity. (Author/JM)

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)

Describes the results of a two-year experiment with subordinates' evaluation of supervisors in a health sciences library, as well as the findings from a questionnaire survey of 101 health sciences library directors on this reverse evaluation. (Author/JD)

Every year, the ministry writes to the public post-secondary institutions outlining operating budget allocations, service delivery targets and priority issues. The letters are a component of ministry planning, as identified in the accountability framework. Goals and objectives are identified in the annual ministry service plan. Each institution…

Every year, the ministry writes to the public post-secondary institutions outlining operating budget allocations, service delivery targets and priority issues. The letters are a component of ministry planning, as identified in the accountability framework. Goals and objectives are identified in the annual ministry service plan. Each institution…

Every year, the ministry writes to the public post-secondary institutions outlining operating budget allocations, service delivery targets and priority issues. The letters are a component of ministry planning, as identified in the accountability framework. Goals and objectives are identified in the annual ministry service plan. Each institution…

Every year, the ministry writes to the public post-secondary institutions outlining operating budget allocations, service delivery targets and priority issues. The letters are a component of ministry planning, as identified in the accountability framework. Goals and objectives are identified in the annual ministry service plan. Each institution…

Every year, the ministry writes to the public post-secondary institutions outlining operating budget allocations, service delivery targets and priority issues. The letters are a component of ministry planning, as identified in the accountability framework. Goals and objectives are identified in the annual ministry service plan. Each institution…

Swedish compulsory schools are the most autonomous in Europe regarding time allocation and time management. Still, the Swedish state decided to take this even further, when introducing an experiment that permits some compulsory schools to abandon the regulations of the national time schedule. The aim of this study is to explore and analyse the…

An experimental "management-by-objectives" performance system was operated by the Libraries and Information Systems Center of Bell Laboratories during 1973. It was found that, though the system was very effective for work planning and the development of people, difficulties were encountered in applying it to certain classes of employees.…

One district that has moved far along the management by objectives (MBO) route is Caldwell-West Caldwell in New Jersey, where the system has been in use for about five years. An interview with key administrators from that district about their MBO program. (Author/JF)

The procedure described here--written for the Frederick County Public Schools, Maryland--is an approach to planning, controlling, and evaluating organizational operations that emphasizes objectives and performance standards against which organizational results can be measured. The paper discusses purposes of the work plan and evaluation system,…