Learning Points - Goal Setting

GOAL SETTING:

Goal is what an individual is trying to accomplish; it is the object or aim of an action. In order to motivate employees to achieve their best performance, an achievable & clear target should be provided. Should they able to achieve the goal, it benefits to both company and themselves, as it may help them to learn and get growth. MBO programs can produce us how to set goal with end result to increase both productivity and satisfaction.

- The goal should be with certain criteria:

a. Clear target:

A specific goal should be set, with clear direction, measurable value, so that employee can get the crystal clear idea about that. No assumptions behind, to avoid any miscommunication.

Any unclear target, may lead to different end result, which may just waste all parties time and effort.

b. Challenging:

Usually people often motivated by the feeling of achievement. So setting a higher goal, can keep them in excited, which help motivate them to do their best. If too easy, they may feel it can be done by anybody, so have less motivation to do so.

c. Achievable

As a goal is for encouraging employee to achieve the best they can do. Should the goal is too far away from reality, mostly will demotivated them, even frustrating them.

d. Commitment

Allowing employees to set the goals together, they will have the sense of importance of themselves of the job. They will feel they have take part of setting that goal, which is part of responsibility to achieve that target. They will more willing to do their best to achieve so.

e. Feedback

During working on the task, appropriate feedback can give proper guidance for employees to achieve the goal. It can help clarify the expectations, rewards formally or informally…etc

- The goal-setting program can be implement by 3 general steps

A guide line for setting goals will be as a “SMART” goal, In practical application...