Management by Objectives concept was developed during 1960s. Initially, MBO was developed, in the main, by J. Humble of Urwick Orr and Partners who called planning by objective setting on a total organisation and individual basis as ' Management By O...See more
bjectives'. Although it was applied for the purpose of assessing managerial performance, it made a great impact on planning. Later on, George S. Odiorne, Tosi and Carroll, Harry Levinson, etc. also laid emphasis on MBO. However, Peter F. Drucker has the credit for popularizing this concept widely. MBO is also known as 'goal management' or 'management by results'.
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