• DocumentCode
    1512917
  • Title

    MBO and R&D productivity: Revisiting the system´s dynamics

  • Author

    Fischer, W.A. ; McLaughlin, C.P.

  • Issue
    4
  • fYear
    1980
  • Firstpage
    103
  • Lastpage
    108
  • Abstract
    Examines an earlier system dynamics simulation of management-by-objectives (MBO) in an R&D setting performed by Poziomek, Rice, and Anderson (1977), and suggests an alternative approach to MBO which stresses the nonevaluative contributions an MBO system can make to the researcher. The results of applying this alternative approach to MBO to a simulated R&D setting results in a substantial increase in productivity and the maintenance of social harmony within the group.
  • Keywords
    research and development management; R&D; management by objectives; productivity; social harmony; system dynamics simulation; Appraisal; Load modeling; Organizations; Productivity; Simulation; Standards; Stress;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9391
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TEM.1980.6447414
  • Filename
    6447414