There are positive features to MBO Systems, however, this article will help to dispel the mythology that associates them as imperatives in the "T & E" (Thorough and Efficient) process. (Editor/RK)

Outlines the development and implementation of a management by objectives system in one school district. (IRT)

A research psychologist at Princeton (Ohio) City Schools attributes district success to a polished management by objectives (MBO) approach helping educators set priorities, stay focused, and meet educational goals. Steps for determining district needs, developing objectives, and monitoring progress are provided. Schools have flexibility to tackle…

Critiques Annual Staff Reports, personnel evaluations in the British Civil Service. Considers the implications of management by objectives and staff evaluation practices in the National Health Service and universities for Civil Service evaluations. (SK)

Looking at literacy teaching across classrooms at the urban Mill City Charter School provides an opportunity to explore the importance of coherence within a school. This work was informed by teachers' voices and classroom observations over several months. Findings suggest that when teachers and school leaders share a common theory and vision for…

The ASPA survey of chapter presidents, personnel people, and the opinions of professors of personnel subjects revealed a variety of attitudes towards these techniques. Technique users were in favor of them; professors tended to be conservative in their estimates. (BP)

Compensation programs designed specifically for school middle managers should involve them and should include a program for evaluating employee performance and for developing and maintaining job descriptions. (Author/MLF)

Published quarterly by the Ontario Council for Leadership in Educational Administration, Suite N 1201, 252 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5S 1V5.

Management theories are discussed as they apply to library management and administration and to specific areas of library service. (Author/PF)

Draws attention to some of the key problems needing emphasis in the design and implementation of MBO systems. (Author)

One year's experience in the use of management by objectives in the Technological Institute Library of Northwestern University is reported. (Author)

The concepts and components of Management by Objectives (MBO) are examined in terms of their application to educational administration. The paper begins by defining MBO, differentiating its components (e.g., individual and institutional goals and mission statements), and emphasizing the need for management styles conducive to objective management.…

This paper contains transcripts of two speeches given by the chairperson of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) outlining his philosophy concerning the function of that agency and its relationship to the telecommunications industry. The first transcript discusses the primary management objectives identified by the FCC as follows: (1) to…

This handbook tells how to identify and afford on-the-job development for administrators and supervisors of a school system or other institution and at the same time how to evaluate them. Developmental performance evaluation, the book says, is similar to Management by Objectives and Program Planning Budgeting Systems and can be used in conjunction…

Documentation presented concerns the planning, implementation, and evaluation that took place in the development of a club program in a public intermediate school in New York City. The club program provides activities during the lunchtime period that expand and/or enrich the school curriculum offerings. Club activities offered were a rap group and…