Advantages

• MBO programs continually emphasize what should be done in an organization to achieve organizational goals.  >>>

• MBO process secures employee commitment to attaining organizational → goals.

Disadvantages

• The development of objectives can be time consuming, leaving both managers and employees less time in which to do their actual work.

• The elaborate written goals, careful communication of goals, and detailed performance evaluation required in an MBO program increase the volume of paperwork in an organization.