Management by objectives

The most commonly employed type of outcome-oriented system is management by objectives (MBO), also known as results management, performance management, and work planning and review. The MBO process typically consists of six steps (Byars and Rue, 2000, p. 277) ... 

Many industries have adopted integrated planning. It is a Management By Objective (MBO)-type technique, often without a name. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) has been one of the most successful examples. The term was introduced in 1967 by R.F. Smith and... 

Furthermore, we observe increasingly convergent governance models based on management by objectives, contractual relationships and performance-based governments between levels of government but also between public and private entities... 

Some opinions to the contrary, it seems to me that management by objective is the ideal way to focus and manage such a team. In fact, management by objective may be the best way to manage the lone innovator, too - since it gives him/her the maximum delegation of technical and professional freedom to attack an industrial type of problem with a clear understanding of what is desired as the end result of his/her efforts. 

A management by objectives approach can be effective in encouraging the innovator. 

Management by objectives Customer-driven strategic planning process... 

Eliminate work standard and numerical targets. Eliminate management by objectives and by numerical goal. The focus should be on quality rather than on quantity. 

Substitute leadership Eliminate management by objective, by numbers, and numerical goals. 

Deming would do away with all performance reviews, in any form, and performance incentives. In two places in his 14 points, he records his opposition to management by objectives. Those premises have not been prominently adopted. 

Change rewards. Eliminate work standards (quotas) on the factory floor. Stop the focus on management by objective. Do not align management by numbers and numerical goals. Remove barriers that rob a production worker of their right to have pride of workmanship. 

Eliminate quotas or work standards and management by objectives or numerical goals... 

Management by objective—A management theory where a manager and subordinates agree on a predetermined course of action or objective. 

Management by objectives—ICS concept that related to a proactive management activity that involves a four-step process to achieve the incident goal. 

Management by Objectives" (MBO) was outlined by Peter Drucker in 1954 in his book. The Practice of Management The MBO technique relies on defining objectives for each employee and then comparing their performance against the objectives. The objectives can be shaped by the "SMART" technique, in which goals and objectives are Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-based. 

The importance of giving staff clear objectives and of measuring their performance against these objectives led, in the 1970s, to the development of a style of management known as management by objectives (MBO). The term has fallen out of favour but the central idea is now widely practised indeed, it has spread from the business environment, in which it started, to many other areas, such as school teaching, to which its appropriateness is debatable. 

Eliminate management by objective. Eliminate management by numbers, numerical goals. Substitute leadership,... 

Remove barriers that rob people in management and in engineering of their right to pride of workmanship. This means, inter alia, abolishment of the annual or merit rating and of management by objective. 

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