Editing Management by objectives (section)

== History Of MBO ==
[[Peter Drucker]] first used the term "management by objectives" in his 1954 book ''The Practice of Management''.<ref name=Practice/> While the basic ideas of MBO were not original to Drucker, they pulled from other management practices to create a complete 'system'.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=LaFollette|first1=William R.|last2=Fleming|first2=Richard J.|date=1977-08-01|title=The Historical Antecedents of Management by Objectives|url=http://proceedings.aom.org/content/1977/1/2.2|journal=Academy of Management Proceedings|language=en|volume=1977|issue=1|pages=2–5|doi=10.5465/AMBPP.1977.4976584|issn=0065-0668|access-date=2016-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309004231/http://proceedings.aom.org/content/1977/1/2.2|archive-date=2017-03-09|url-status=dead|url-access=subscription}}</ref> The idea draws on the many ideas presented in Mary Parker Follett's 1926 essay, ''[[The Giving of Orders]]''.

After the term and idea were brought up, Drucker's student, [[George S. Odiorne|George Odiorne]], continued to develop the idea in his book ''Management Decisions by Objectives'', published in the mid-1960s.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1992/01/23/obituaries/george-s-odiorne-is-dead-at-71-developed-theory-of-management.html|title=George S. Odiorne Is Dead at 71; Developed Theory of Management|last=Lambert|first=Bruce|date=1992-01-23|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=2016-04-27}}</ref> MBO was popularized by companies like Hewlett-Packard, who claimed it led to their success.<ref name=":0" /><ref>Hindle, Tim. ''Guide to Management Ideas and Gurus''. New York: Bloomberg Press, 2008. Print</ref>