The Engineering Industry Training Board has produced a method enabling the office supervisor or departmental manager to control the critical parts of his systems--the Commercial Systems Practice (CSP). The systems plot, the staff/task matrix, performance indicators, and benefits of the CSP technique are discussed. (Author/MW)

The study shows that positive changes in understanding organizational goals and expectations, performance, communication, interpersonal relationships, and other benefits appear to be associated with the application of management by objectives (MBO) within a university setting. (Author/WM)

The management guidelines are divided into three parts. Part I contains a number of questions which site staff ought to try to answer when establishing or while operating a computer-based education (CBE) site. Each question is followed by a brief commentary. Part II contains suggestions for selection and training the staff of a site. Part III…

This paper describes a management system for secondary vocational education programs that is based on a cost-effectiveness analysis model. The model described was developed specifically for use in planning and evaluating secondary school vocational programs, although it might be applied to other educational programs as well. The model generates…

Recently, the military system has begun to feel the impact of the military family. Whenever sudden dramatic changes or transitions occur, crises may result either for the individual or for the institution. At present both the military system and the military family are in a period of rapid transition. Perhaps one of the most important changes that…

Drawing on materials from a variety of sources, the authors of this guide survey the advantages and disadvantages of management by objectives (MBO), describe common errors made in setting objectives and in operating an MBO system, and provide samples of MBO planning calendars. The emphasis in most of these materials is on MBO as a means of…

The development of a curriculum review mechanism, the Curriculum Interaction Model (CIM) and how it is being used for academic planning and management purposes at two distinctly different institutions, the State University College of New York at Buffalo and Barnard College of Columbia University, is described. The CIM is a quantitative academic…

Transcripts for each of four audiovisual presentations, components of the Career Planning Support System (CPSS), are contained in this package. (CPSS is a comprehensive guidance program management system designed to provide information for local high schools to design, implement, and evaluate an upgraded career guidance program. CPSS describes how…

Describes a districtwide effort to select and implement a computerized system that could compile and maintain student census data, in addition to redesigning the district's school bus routes to better accommodate a growing student population without increasing the number of buses in service. (JG)

Zero-base budgeting (ZBB), a systematically structured approach to budgeting, has the potential to improve policy attainment, resource reallocation, program review, and information systems. Some 300 businesses, a dozen states, one municipality, and one school district in the United States have operationalized the concept. Many private and public…

An understanding of the "situational" characteristics of the organizational forces that influence the relationships between environmental, management, and performance variables is now coming to be seen as a key to understanding the management process itself. This paper is a synthesis of the contingency theory literature drawn from the…

This publication discusses the use of risk strategy for the organization and management of health care services for mothers and children. Individuals and groups with an increased expectation of complications or disease are defined as being "at risk" and the aim of the health services should be to identify them as early as possible and to intervene…

Directed primarily toward those concerned with school administration, this guide describes a Management by Objectives (MBO) System and its application in a local school district. Three basic steps are outlined in the system approach: annual district-wide goals are set by the board of education in consultation with management personnel at all…

"Management engineered" teacher education is an instructional method designed to assist teachers in the acquisition, maintenence, and improvement of essential knowledge, skills, attributes, and professional competencies which are necessary to function effectively in varied professional roles. The system aims at improving teachers' performances as…

Management by Objectives (MBO), a management system, is a vehicle to organize an agency or institution to enable it to more effectively carry out its plan. The system involves the following steps: (1) formulation of the mission statement (designation of the agency's basic purpose) and development and acceptance of the organization's long-range…