A Second Look at Management Goals and Controls

For example, see Drucker Peter F. , The Practice of Management (New York: Harper and Brothers, 1954); McGregor Douglas M. , The Human Side of Enterprise (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1960); and Schleh Edward C. , Management by Results (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961).

The author is indebted to the Purex Corporation (Lakewood, California) for its cooperation throughout all phases of this research.

For a detailed report of this study, see Raia Anthony P. , “Goal-Setting and Self-Control,” Journal of Management Studies, II-1 (Feb. 1965), 34–53.

Likert Rensis , New Patterns of Management (New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company, 1961), p. 245.