Objective Setting and Performance Planning

Developing Employee Performance Plans

By na - Describes a method for developing employee performance plans that are aligned with and support organizational goals using an 8-step process. Provides guidelines for writing performance elements and standards along with hands-on exercises to give users a chance to practice their new skills. 93 pages in adobe acrobat format (Added: 15-Aug-2005 Hits: 2518 )

Is SMART Still Worth Bothering About? A Controversial View

By Nancy Slessenger - Most of my clients want their objectives to be 'SMART'. They are really keen for me to make sure this is the case with all their objectives. I often get emails from people asking me to help them get their objectives to be SMART. So I thought, in case you are one of those people who would like to ask that question I'd give you my thoughts on SMART and what I think of it now. (Added: 24-Nov-2009 Hits: 332 )

Learn to Plan Performance and Set Employee Goals and Objectives

By Robert Bacal - One of the major reasons performance management and performance appraisals fail is that too much time is spent appraising performance using vague criteria, and not enough time and effort put into helping the employee understand what his job is about, and the goals and objectives s/he is expected to achieve to be successful. Learn to do goal setting painlessly. (Added: 5-May-2006 Hits: 2501 )

Second Big Secret in Increasing Output

By Nancy Slessenger - Once you have the objective of resolving the customer%u2019s or patient%u2019s problem in a matter of hours, then you can start to work out how to do it. It%u2019s a very different solution than %u2018keeping yourself occupied%u2019. (Added: 24-Nov-2009 Hits: 155 )

Set Goals for Your Employees

By na - Goal setting and objective setting can serve to motivate employees, provided goal setting is done WITH employees, not to them. A number of specific objective setting tips and hints included here. (Added: 17-May-2006 Hits: 1983 )

Setting Objectives Means Facing the Issues

By na - Most managers and supervisors today are attempting to quantify their departmental objectives and pass them on to their employees through performance standards. Despite the simplicity of this management-by-objectives approach, deadlines are missed, quality is relatively poor and productivity is low. The reason for this may not be the fault of the employees carrying out the work. The cause is most often associated with the immediate supervisor's lack of attention to the realities surrounding objectives. Setting objectives and performance standards requires a careful analysis of all the relevant issues. The article describes issues relevant to objective setting. (Added: 7-May-2006 Hits: 1524 )

What is an employee goal or objective?

By Robert Bacal - Employee goal setting is the bedrock, not just for effective appraisals, but also for the alignment of individual goals to corporate strategy. (Added: 9-Jul-2007 Hits: 1761 )