The continuing evolution of MBR and related developments.

The article focuses on continuing evolution of managing behaviours and results (MBR) and related developments. MBR stands for managing behaviors and results and, in the operational sense, is basically a hybrid of management-by-objectives (MBO) and behavioral performance appraisal. Though the article is about MBR and related developments in the U.S. government on the topic, the MBR theory has no organizational boundaries. Moreover, the American public's disenchantment with government performance and the crisis of accountability are not limited to the federal government. There are various specific suggestions described in the article that can be offered for use by the federal government. Some of them are: Uniform rules straightjacket the natural process of managing performance. Secondly, agencies should find ways to make paper work, not paperwork, in managing performance. Thirdly, agencies should consider the long-term costs of merit-based salary progressions before implementing this form of pay-for-performance.