The Continuing Evolution of MBR and Related Developments
MBR（管理行为与结果）方法的创始人之一Gary B. Brumback论证该方法仍有效，并进一步阐述其核心理念，认为早期应用受繁琐规则所累，但对新改革浪潮中MBR等灵活管理方法的普及持乐观态度。
Is the behaviors and (MBR) approach still a useful toolforperformance appraisal and management? Gary B. Brumback, one of the approach'sfounders, argues that MBR remains effective, and he offers a further elaboration of the fundamental ideas behind it. He argues that early applications of MBR (as well as other reforms and experiments linked to the 1978 Civil Service Reform Act) were encumbered by burdensome rules and regulations. With a new round of reforms on the horizon, Brumback is hopeful that MBR and otherflexible management approaches will prevail. 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.