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Publication Date: 2010-May
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On Application of MBO in College Management
Liu, Xihuai
International Education Studies, v3 n2 p219-223 May 2010
MBO (Management by objectives) was firstly put forward by Peter F. Drucker (who was a well-known scholar of management in America) in 1954. MBO was applied in many organizations after a number of management scholars developed and perfected it. MBO is a comprehensive and democratic systemic management style which is work-centered and people-centered. At first, MBO was widely applied in management of enterprise as a kind of democratic management fashion. This paper organically make some characteristics of MBO and college management together to talk about the feasibility and importance of MBO in college management, as well as several questions should be noticed and tasks of leaders about MBO in college management.
Descriptors: Management by Objectives, Feasibility Studies, Leadership Styles, College Administration, Organizational Objectives, Strategic Planning, Program Implementation, Administrator Responsibility, Administrative Principles, Participative Decision Making, Educational Policy
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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