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| Author: | Antoni, C. |
| Title: | Management by objectives - an effective tool for teamwork? |
| Journal: | International journal of human resource management
2005 : FEB, VOL. 16:2, p. 174-184 |
| Index terms: | Goal setting Goals Objectives Team work |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Recently, several companies have introduced self-regulatory teamwork requiring changes in leadership behaviour and systems as well. Consequently a renewed interest has arisen in management by objectives (MBO) as a means for leading self-regulating teams. But how do MBO systems work and how effective are they? This paper analyses the MBO system of a company in the construction supply industry. The company had implemented MBO at team level five years ago. To explore the mechanisms and effect of MBO at team level a model for group goal setting was tested. Group goal commitment and group goals moderated by task interdependence are supposed to influence group processes as a mediating variable for group effectiveness. The findings do not consistently support this model. |
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