NAVMAT Instruction 5200.37 of 24 September 1973 required
a Management by Objectives (MBO) program to be initiated
throughout the Naval Material establishment. The Pacific
Missile Range (PMR) at Point Mugu , California requested
assistance from the Naval Postgraduate School in establishing
their MBO program. A pilot MBO program was established at
PMR to determine MBO • s feasibility in a research and development
(R§D) organization. Due to time constraints, the program
was limited to the implementation of short range goals and
objectives. Although R§D objectives for work of an innovative
nature were often difficult to define and measure, preliminary
results indicate that the concept of MBO can be effectively
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