performance appraisals and compensation. As a practice, MBO crosschecks the objectives
pursued by managers at di erent organizational levels and coordinates objectives from top
to bottom.
e intent of MBO is threefold: (1) to strengthen planning, (2) to encourage participa-
tive decision making, and (3) to motivate performance of tasks that have a high payo for the
organization. In a formal MBO process, managers and subordinates typically employ four
steps (Kondrasule 1981):
1. Agreement on key goals or objectives
2. Action planning to work on the objectives
3. Self-control and corrective actions to stay ...
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