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Management by Objectives in R&D
Author(s) -
Dunwell P.,
Pitfield H.,
Savill Mrs H. C.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
randd management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.253
H-Index - 102
eISSN - 1467-9310
pISSN - 0033-6807
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-9310.1971.tb00090.x
Subject(s) - confusion , meaning (existential) , heading (navigation) , term (time) , process management , order (exchange) , management by objectives , business , operations management , engineering , psychology , epistemology , marketing , philosophy , physics , finance , quantum mechanics , psychoanalysis , aerospace engineering
. There is considerable confusion about the meaning of the term management by objectives and of the appropriateness to the R&D environment of the various procedures which many organizations have adopted under the general heading of MBO. This short paper reports on a pilot study of five organizations, carried out in order to obtain information about the use, or otherwise, of MBO.