Features of MBO

Based on the definitions of MBO its features can listed out as follows:

1. MBO is an approach and philosophy to management and not merely a technique. It is likely to affect every management practice in the organisation. It employs several techniques but it is not merely the sum total of all these techniques. Thus it is a particular way of thinking about management.
2. MBO provides the stimulus for the introductions of new techniques of management and enhances the relevance and utility of the existing ones.
3. MBO is the joint application of a number of principles and techniques, and works as integrating device.
4. The basic emphasis of MBO is an objectives, it tries to match objectives and resources.
5. This process clarifies the role very sharply in terms of what one is expected to achieve.
6. Periodic review of performance is an important feature of MBO.
7. Objectives in MBO provide guidelines for appropriate systems and procedures for instance resource allocation, delegation of authority etc., are determined on the basis of objectives.

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