MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES AND FY 76 OBJECTIVES

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• Publication Date: April 8, 1975
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DD/A 75-1630
8APR1975
MEMORANDUM FOR: DD/A Planning Officers
SUBJECT 4 Management by Objectives and FY 76 Objectives
25X1A9a
1. On 3 April Mrs and I had a rather lengthy
discussion with Mr. Blake about the three-day MBO course on
24, 25, and 26 March and in MBO in general as it's applied
in the Directorate. Based on this discussion, Mr. Blake
decided to include MBO and objectives as an agenda item
at the DD/A mid-May conference at 25X1A6b 2. In general, the course was felt to be successful
and the participation, particularly among the DD/A Planning
Officers, was provocative and provided valuable insight into
the application of the system within the Offices. It seemed
clear that MBO has contributed to improvement in terms of
planning, communications, participation, and control. One
integral part of MBO, at least in theory, relates to the
evaluation of individual performance, particularly as the
system cascades through the Offices. This part of MBO is
generally missing. A basic problem arises from the fact
that there are very few, if any, norms for measuring the
performance of officers carrying out on-going office activities.
For example, what is expected of a security field investigator;
what is expected of a security appraisal officer; of a poly-
graph operator; of a personnel classifier; of a field recruiter?
If officers are going to be held accountable for and evaluated
on the pursuit of their objectives, the need for both quantitative
and qualitative norms is necessary. (One might give thought to
FY 76 objectives, the statement of which could be expressed. in
terms of establishing specific norms, against which future perfor-
mance could be evaluated.)
3. Because the mid-May DD/A Conference will include
coverage of MBO as a management system, to include the feasi-
bility of establishing norms of performance, new and/or different
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office objectives might well be generated over and above those
which we have already discussed. As a result it will not be
necessary to submit your objectives April 10th, as had been
requested. We will hold off until after the mid-May Conference
and will ask for them at an as yet unspecified date, but certainly
before the end of the fiscal year. Presumably, that package will
include most, if not all, of the objectives which we have already
reviewed, plus those that might evolve from the May Conference.
4. Would you please make a point of discussing with your
Office Director what you. got out of the MBO course, as well as
your thoughts on the development of objectives, including some
of the normal and routine activities of your Office. Each Office
Director will be expected to be prepared to discuss MBO in general
and how it has affected management within his Office and to share
his ideas on how the system may be more fully implemented within
the DO/A?
25X1A9a
Assistant for Resources, DD/A
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