Changes in Performance in a Management by Objectives Program.

Ivancevich, John M.

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Publication Date: 1974

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Changes in Performance in a Management by Objectives Program

Ivancevich, John M.

Administrative Science Quarterly, 19, 4, 563-574, Dec 74

Reports on empirically-based longitudinal study of performance in a manufacturing company that uses management by objectives. The performance of the subordinates of 181 MBO-involved supervisors in the production and marketing departments is analyzed. Time lag, reinforcement, and sustaining improvements in performance are considered and analyzed. (Author/WM)

Descriptors: Accountability, Administration, Management by Objectives, Management Systems, Performance, Performance Factors, Research, Supervisors, Supervisory Methods, Systems Approach

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