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Social Science Clinic => Law and Politics => Topic started by: jerry coleman on Jul 31, 2020

Title: Create an MBO for yourself. Use your current or past supervisor as the intended recipient.
Post by: jerry coleman on Jul 31, 2020

Question 1

Considering "top-down control" or "bottom-up empowerment," which is better and why?

Question 2

Create an MBO for yourself. Use your current or past supervisor as the intended recipient.

Title: Create an MBO for yourself. Use your current or past supervisor as the intended recipient.
Post by: T4T on Jul 31, 2020

Answer 1

The answer should include the following points:

• A top‐down organization looks like a formidable pyramid. It consists of many layers of managers and prestigious job titles; it thrives on written policies and rules; it emphasizes complexity. The manager is the ultimate boss, and authority trickles down from him. This is a "bureaucratic" organization.


• The bottom-up organization looks, on paper, like a fluid Frisbee. It consists of a few layers of leader-managers with fleeting attention to official emblems of rank; it thrives on flexibility, action, simplicity, and empowerment. The leader recognizes that authority is bottom-up. This is an agile organization.


• Which is better depends on the manager's degree of commitment to actually empowering his or her staff to experiencing career well‐being in a team effort. In other words, does the boss want to be a leader or a manager! A leader relies more on the self-control of an empowered employee, while the manager uses external controls.

Answer 2

The answer should include the following points:

• Present hypothetical goals and objectives.


• Present an action plan to realize the hypothetical goals and objectives.


• Use the nine steps of management by objectives to create an MBO (see the nine steps listed in answer to the question that follows).