Management by objectives
Management by objectives is a program that encompasses specific goals, participatively set, for explicit time period, with feedback on goal progress.
Definitions
According to Organizational Behavior by Robbins and Judge (17th edition),
- Management by objectives. A program that encompasses specific goals, participatively set, for explicit time period, with feedback on goal progress.
According to Management by Robbins and Coulter (14th edition),
- Management by objectives. A process of setting mutually agreed-upon goals and using those goals to evaluate employee performance.
