Goal setting

Question 1

TYPES OF GOALS

Answer 1

Unit goals: what your group as a whole will try to accomplish

Individual goals: how each employee will contribute to achieving the unit goals

Question 2

GOAL ALIGNMENT

Answer 2

• Strategic Goals (Enterprise level)
• Unit Goals (Operating unit level)
• Member of teams (Individual level)

Question 3

HOW TO MAXIMIZE GOAL SUCCESS

Answer 3

Establishing a sense of ownership
• Team members have to see that given goals are important/worthy to reach
• Look for commitment: listen carefully and involve followers in setting goals! Ask for constructive
critics -> become owner of goals

Question 4

GOALS AND PERFORMANCE - 4 WAYS HOW GOALS CAN AFFECT PERFORMANCE (LOCK)

Answer 4

Goals affect performance in four ways
1. Directive function: goals bring effort in direction of relevant activities
2. Energizing functions: high goals lead to greater efforts
3. Persistence: tight deadlines lead to more rapid work than lose deadlines (goals should be
time-bound)
4. Action: sense of ownership, all cohesion multicomponent’s, activity to fulfill the goals

Question 5

5 PRINCIPLES OF GOAL SETTING

Answer 5

1. Clarity:
   goal is clear! Task for each member
2. Challenging:
   goal is not too easy! Compare development level to find right degree of challenge (situational approach)
3. Commitment: Involvement of all team members in process
4. Feedback:
   Where is a deficit? Should be constructive and critical! Necessary to remove obstacles
5. Task complexity: increasing complexity means reducing motivation -> right degree, conditions do not frustrate

Question 6

SMART GOAL SETTING

Answer 6

• Specific (Clarity)
• Measurable (alternative: motivating)
• Achievable (alternatives: agreed, accurate, aligned, attainable)
• Relevant (alternative: realistic)
• Timely (time bound)