Management by Objectives is a simple idea which often proves to be very difficult to

apply. Peter Drucker, a well-known writer on management, suggests that effective

managers follow the same eight practices. They:

ask what needs to be done

ask what is right for the enterprise

develop action plans

take responsibility for decisions

take responsibility for communicating

focus on opportunities

run productive meetings

think and say we rather than I.

Descriptions of a manager include a person who gets work done through

other people,
One measure of managerial effectiveness is the extent to which a manager
can motivate people and coordinate their efforts to achieve optimum
performance.

they were invariably doing one of three things: making decisions, processing
information, or engaging in interpersonal contact.

Interpersonal roles