Mangement by Objectives

Models of Management

Model Selection

Management by objectives is a common principle discussed by several respected authors including Peter Drucker whose 1954 book entitled The Practice of Management has long been held in high esteem and is regarded as a definitive treatise on management theory.

The truly mechanistic as expressed by the classical or scientific management writers (Brech, Fayol & Taylor et al) are perhaps considered best suited to a factory or mass production environment where there are repetitive tasks. Many of these scientific management theories were derived from the scientific analysis of tasks.

However the business processes within many modern organisations including my company, have both mass production elements and other service type functions associated with other activities where the concept of output is difficult to quantify. In this common situation the truly scientific approach is not easily applied and an alternative model needs to be applie...