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Results of a pilot management-by-objectives program for a community mental health outpatient service

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The challenge of the burgeoning complexity of administering mental health programs calls for increasingly sophisticated management strategies. Management by objectives is an administrative tool that may assist mental health managers in meeting administrative needs as well as service demands in a more efficient fashion. Management by objective is based on the principles of (a) stating objectives in measurable terms, (b) staff participation in decision making, and (c) performance-based rewards. this paper describes results of a pilot management-by-objective project applied to an outpatient service in a community mental health center.

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  1. Greater Lynn Community Mental Health Center, the Union Hospital, 01904, Lynn, MA

    Anthony E. Raynes M.D., M.S. (Dr. Raynes is Center Director)

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  1. John E. Garrison Ph.D., M.P.H.
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Dr. Garrison is an adjunct faculty member at the Massachusetts School of Professional Psychology. Dr. Raynes is associate professor at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Garrison may be reached at the Greater Lynn Community Mental Health Center, 500 Lynnfield Street, Lynn, Massachusetts 01904.

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Garrison, J.E., Raynes, A.E. Results of a pilot management-by-objectives program for a community mental health outpatient service. Community Ment Health J 16, 121–129 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00778584

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