THE CONTINUING EVOLUTION OF MBR AND RELATED DEVELOPMENTS

Is the ''managing behaviors and results'' (MBR) approach still a usefu l tool for performance appraisal and management? Gary B. Brumback, one of the approach's founders, argues that MBR remains effective, and be offers a further elaboration of the fundamental ideas behind it. He a rgues that early applications of MBR (as well as other reforms and exp eriments linked to the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act) were encumbered by burdensome rules and regulations. With a new round of reforms on th e horizon, Brumback is hopeful that MBR and other flexible management approaches will prevail.