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Cox, Janet Elizabeth – 1975
This study compared the achievement of students instructed by the use of a management system, Wisconsin Design for Reading Skill Development (WDRSD), for word attack skills in addition to the basal reader approach with the achievement of students instructed by the use of the basal reader approach alone. Two hundred forty-four fourth grade students…
Descriptors: Basal Reading, Basic Reading, Behavioral Objectives, Doctoral Dissertations
Download full textEast Allen County Schools, New Haven, IN. – 1975
A management-by-objectives project designed to provide a rational basis for implementing a programming-planning-budgeting evaluation system in the school district is summarized. The project goal was to design and implement an accountability model utilizing participative management as a tool for development. Three organizational phases involved in…
Descriptors: Accountability, Case Studies, Curriculum Evaluation, Educational Administration
Highland Public Schools, IN. – 1972
This publication describes the Highland Superintendency Team Assessment Program, an effort to apply the principles of management by objectives to the evaluation of school district administrative personnel. Section 1 presents the basic rationale and goals of the assessment program and explains the concept of "educational leadership by objectives"…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrator Evaluation, Administrators, Educational Administration
Steller, Arthur – 1976
After the speaker, an elementary school principal, presents examples of what makes his school "humanistic"--open plan, emphasis on student choice, flexibility in learning/teaching styles--he presents some of the ways in which accountability is measured. Specifically, he discusses management by objectives and planning, programming,…
Descriptors: Accountability, Educational Objectives, Elementary Education, Humanistic Education
Wise, Robert I. – 1975
This paper investigates the claim that better curriculum planning will be achieved if educators specify educational objectives before selecting learning activities. After consideration of what is meant by "better planning," the author concludes that this claim for planning by objectives is not valid since an objective can neither be a…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Curriculum Development, Educational Administration, Educational Objectives
Lahti, Robert E. – 1971
This paper makes a plea for major improvements in the management of American colleges and universities. Six innovative solutions are offered: (1) management development, (2) human organization, (3) creative environments, (4) participative styles of management, (5) management by objectives as an operating mode, and (6) performance and appraisal…
Descriptors: Accountability, Administrative Principles, Decision Making, Higher Education
Gardner, Jeffrey J.; Webster, Duane E. – 1974
Management principles and guidelines for the development of goals and objectives in the academic or research library are formulated. The intent of the goal statements is to draw on the management-by-objectives (MBO) techniques to develop a series of principles and guidelines which libraries can consider, evaluate, and adapt for local use. Sample…
Descriptors: Administration, College Libraries, Guidelines, Library Administration
Winstead, Philip C. – 1977
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…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, College Administration, College Planning, Educational Objectives
Modern Schools, 1976
Meeting an expanding school population with imaginative planning has allowed school districts in Broward County, Florida, and Adams County, Colorado, to maintain a smooth, continuous operation in the educational process. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Building Systems, Educational Specifications, Enrollment Projections, Fast Track Scheduling
Peer reviewedDi Tullio, William M.; Work, Gerald G. – NASPA Journal, 1978
This paper is a review of the compatibility of M.B.O. with student development. (Author)
Descriptors: Educational Objectives, Higher Education, Management by Objectives, Problem Solving
Abel, Janice – Journal of College Student Personnel, 1978
Makes suggestions to develop time management skills by selecting important targets, terminating others, and delegating and redisigning jobs, and to develop political skills by establishing power, networks, becoming aware of manipulative strategies, and using human relations skills in negotiation and bargaining. (Author)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Higher Education, Individual Power, Management by Objectives
Peer reviewedReyes, Donald J. – Catalyst for Change, 1984
Argues that systematic positive feedback techniques such as those currently used in industry can and should be adapted as a management technique in schools--between administrators and teachers and between teachers and students as well. (TE)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Employer Employee Relationship, Feedback, Goal Orientation
RP Group of California Community Colleges, Santa Ana. – 2001
The Research and Planning (RP) Group for the California Community Colleges (CCC) supports the Partnership for Excellence (PFE) effort to improve student success as measured by the goals, yet the RP Group sees the goals as limited in scope regarding the full work of the CCC. In addition, the RP Group is realistic about the political forces at work…
Descriptors: Accountability, Community Colleges, Evaluation Criteria, Management by Objectives
Peer reviewedThompson, Kenneth R.; And Others – Journal of Management, 1981
Examined effects of Management by Objectives (MBO) on measures of quantity and quality of performance and satisfaction with the work and supervision among employees in a human services agency. The combined measure for quantity of performance and one of two quality measures showed significant improvement following implementation of MBO. (Author)
Descriptors: Counselors, Employee Attitudes, Human Services, Job Performance
Peer reviewedAshley, Janelle C.; And Others – Journal of the NAWDAC, 1981
Describes the difficulties of implementing a successful management by objectives (MBO) program into the university environment. Benefits and principles underlying MBO are reviewed. Steps in implementing the MBO program are discussed with suggestions for avoiding problems. (RC)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Employee Responsibility, Employer Employee Relationship, Higher Education
