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Management by Objectives
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The article was published on 1970-08-01 and is currently open access. It has received 278 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Program management & Management development.read more
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The Application of Goal Setting to Sports
Edwin A. Locke,Gary P. Latham +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the effects of goal setting in sports are discussed, and suggestions regarding the following: setting goals for both practice and game situations, using goals to increase self-confidence, using short-term goals to help attain long-term performance goals, improving performance by increasing...
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Dimensions that make a difference: examining the impact of in-role and extrarole behaviors on supervisory ratings
TL;DR: In this paper, levels of in-role and extrarole performance were experimentally manipulated in a 3 X 2 withinsubjects design. But the effects of extarole behavior on two measures of rater search strategies as well as the ratings given by 116 supervisors evaluating secretarial performance were contradictory results.
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The role of task-goal attributes in employee performance.
Richard M Steers,Lyman W. Porter +1 more
TL;DR: This paper found that performance under goal-setting conditions is a function of at least three important variables: the nature of the task goals, additional situational-environmental factors, and individual differences.
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When Managers Become Philosophers: Integrating Learning With Sensemaking
TL;DR: The authors join the scholarly conversation concerning the development of managers (Detrick, 2002; Donaldson, 2002, Pfeffer & Fong, 2002) and introduce the reader to two s
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‘New politics’ in German labour market policy? The implications of the recent Hartz reforms for the German welfare state
Achim Kemmerling,Oliver Bruttel +1 more
TL;DR: The Hartz reforms have played a prominent role in the public discussion, but are they really a watershed as both optimists and pessimists claim? as mentioned in this paper investigates in what sense the Hartz reform mark a substantive political change and how they are related to similar processes in other countries.
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Goal Setting: Key to Individual and Organizational Effectiveness,
TL;DR: In this paper, the techniques of management by objectives are described and managers guidance in harmonizing the goals of the company and the individual employee is given in order to achieve the objectives.