ICT Literature Review

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Question:Literature review for management of ICT infrastructure ib academic libraries Since the early 1950’s, management by objectives has been a management principle or theory that has been practice within both private and public sector corporations. It was first publicized by the management expert Peter Drucker in 1954. Starbuck (2012) identified management by objectives as Drucker’s primary sources and contribution to his book “The Practice of Management” following the developments of his ideas in his earlier books such as “The Future of Industrial Man” and “Concept of the Corporation” which were published in 1942 and 1946 respectively. Subsequently, management by objectives has gained an increasing publicity and largely influenced…show more content…
Moreover, Odiorne (1965:55-56) depicted the management by objective process as one in which the managers of an organization jointly identify its common goals, define each individual’s major areas of responsibility in terms of results expected, and use these measures as guides for operating the unit and assessing the contributions of each of its…show more content…
Tosi and Stephen J. Carroll and Douglas McGregor as well as more contemporary scholars like Conny Antoni who supported management by objectives in his article “Management by objectives – an effective tool for teamwork?” in 2005. He stressed mainly on the commitment of group towards the achievement of goals in order to promote the satisfaction of employees and boost productivity ( Antoni, 2005: 174–84). A reviews done on the gains and flaws of management by objectives are several, Henry J. Tosi and Stephen J. Carroll (1973) are said to have done one of the best reviews on the strengths of management by objectives. They focused on the fact that management by objective improves communication between managers and subordinates, stresses collaborative efforts between managers and subordinates which aids in planning and that it also improves the performance review and evaluation process by focusing on results and providing systematic feedback amongst many others. According to Drucker (1955:36), the greatest advantage of management of objective is that it allows the manager to control his own performance. Self-control is interpreted to mean stronger motivation to do the best rather than just bet by. Some other advantages include motivation, clarity of goals and better communication and
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