Management By Objectives: What Are MBO's?
Writing effective MBO's. When you are writing your MBO's you want to be careful to ensure each MBO is measurable or else how would you determine when it is complete? Assign a date to each MBO and stick to it. This will help you prioritize MBO's throughout the quarter. Typically a team will have 3-6 MBO's with possible sub deliverables within the MBO. Whan crafting your MBO's be careful to write them with deliverables that are within your control. I always try to ensure that the success of my MBO is not dependant on others outside of my team of employees. If my MBO involves participation with another management group or department I write my MBO with my part of the project in mind. This generally lets me deliver my portion of the project regardless of the performance of others.
During the quarter and certainly at the end the lists of MBO's are scored. This score is now the business and management teams can determine if they are on track. Did the business or employee teams meet the objectives they set when writing the MBO's? If the score is high then the organization is on track. If not then the management teams need to determine why what was done or not done is not in line with MBO's written by the teams and organization. Hopefully the MBO's are generally complete each quarter and the business moves forward with a purpose.
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John Gall is an IT Manager who writes articles based on his experience at http://www.managementstyle.net and http://www.leadershipstyle.net
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