Business Theory Applications: Integrating Theory into Work

The role of theory in academic work and in the business arena is vital. This assertion will be examined by looking at Management by Objectives and its application in both research and the workplace. Management by Objectives (MBO) is a "synergetic approach to organizational management" which "emphasizes the importance of a supervisor and employee working together in order to craft individual goals (Stanley 9)." George Odiorne is one of the theorists most closely associated, along with Peter Drucker, with the popularization of MBO (Bearn 74). Beginning in the early 1960s, MBO became one of the hottest topics in management development, spurred by the efforts of Odiorne and Drucker, both of whom believed that the a

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