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The Practice of Management By Objective

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"173035871"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">&NewLine;<p> MBO – more popularly known as Management By Objective&comma; is a term that was first coined by <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Peter&lowbar;Drucker">Peter Drucker<&sol;a> in 1954 in his book The Practice of Management&period; The essence of MBO is to define clear objectives within an enterprise&comma; that helps management and employees work towards a common goal&period; The process involves setting short term and long term goals&comma; choosing a corrective course of action and making strategic decision&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">In any organization&comma; typically all employees should be involved with the goal setting process and should choose the appropriate course of action to be followed&period; That way they are more likely to fulfill their responsibilities and in-turn achieve organizational goals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">The first step in implementing MBO is to establish long-range company goals in such areas as production&comma; marketing&comma; services&comma; sales&comma; R&amp&semi;D&comma; human resources&comma; finance&comma; information systems etc&period; A business owner should begin by defining the company’s current business status and looking for emerging market trends that may require adaptation&period; This is kind of long term planning provides a framework for forecasting the organization’s future staffing levels&comma; marketing approaches&comma; financing needs&comma; product development focus&comma; and facility and equipment usage&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">Typically&comma; companies should plan yearly and then break down these long term plans into department wise objectives and eventually as achievable goals for employees&period; A point to note here is to make sure employees from all departments clearly understand and support the overall goal of the organization&period; As a manager or business owner&comma; it is important to be involved in such goal setting activities&comma; from the very beginning&comma; as this will increase their commitment to achieving the goals&comma; allow them to communicate the goals clearly to subordinates&comma; and help them to create and align their own goals to support the company goals&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">Overall&comma; establishing an MBO system in any organization may be difficult&comma; but it is usually worth it&period; It is always advisable to introduce MBO slowly into an organization&comma; and all employees should be given the opportunity to set short terms goals to start&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;">The most difficult aspect of implementing MBO may be simply getting people to think in terms of results rather than activities&period; Therefore&comma; a formal training program for business owners is always a necessary tool that helps them understand the importance of MBO&period; Hiring an outside <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;smallbusinesspool&period;net&sol;contact&sol;">consultant<&sol;a><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;smallbusinesspool&period;net&sol;contact&sol;"> to explain the process of setting an MBO program within an organization is always a good start&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon;justify&semi;"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;smallbusinesspool&period;net&sol;contact&sol;">MBO is not a definite theory&comma; but more of a collective goal setting activity&period; It helps business owners actually analyze their actual goals by looking at the bigger picture&period;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;smallbusinesspool&period;net&sol;contact&sol;">&num;business &num;production &num;organizational &num;employees &num;humanresources &num;businessowner &num;MBO &num;consultant &num;objectives &num;marketing &num;sales &num;management &num;PeterDrucke &num;ManagementByObjective &num;Services &num;Finance &num;goals<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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