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Cardona, Pablo
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Rey, Carlos
2026-03-27T20:29:34Z
2006-02-14
Cardona, P.; Rey, C. Management by missions: How to make the mission a part of management. Problems and Perspectives in Management, 2006, 4, 1, pp. 164-174. Disponible en: <https://www.businessperspectives.org/index.php/journals/problems-and-perspectives-in-management/issue-11/management-by-missions-how-to-make-the-mission-a-part-of-management>. Fecha de acceso: 26 Mar 2026.
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https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12328/5277
Management by Objectives has certain limitations that are not easily overcome simply by
including non-financial objectives or by promoting a system of values imported from outside the
management system. What is needed, therefore, is a new management system capable of enriching
and making sense of the objectives. Management by Missions (MBM) rises above the limitations
of MBO and, at the same time, takes into account other innovative proposals put forward in recent
years such as Management by Competencies. MBM is based on the idea of distributing the corporate mission to all levels of the company, right down to the particular mission of each individual.
Each mission shares in the higher-level missions, so that ultimately everyone has a stake in the
corporate mission. The corporate mission is then made operational through objectives. Objectives
have no value in themselves but only as a means to fulfill the mission. This new management philosophy is much richer and better able to persuade people to identify with the company they work
for and so ensure superior performance at all levels of the organization.
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Management systems
Motivation
Values
Mission
Corporate culture
Management by objectives
Sistemas de gestión
Motivación
Valores
Misión
Cultura corporativa
Gestión por objetivos
Sistemes de gestió
Motivació
Valors
Missió
Cultura corporativa
Gestió per objectius
Management by missions: How to make the mission a part of management
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