BUSI 3310 Lecture Notes - Lecture 30: Achievement Orientation, Goal Orientation, Goal Setting
13 Mar 2018
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Goal the object or aim of an action. Organizations have to transform organizational objectives into individual goals. Personal performance goals are vague or nonexistent for many organizational members. Research has demonstrated when and how goal setting can be effective. Goal specificity: specific goals specify an exact level of achievement for people to accomplish in a particular time frame. Goal challenge: goals should be difficult but attainable and based on past performance, thus, goal challenge depends on the experience and basic skills of the organizational member. Some of the factors that might affect commitment to challenging and specific goals are participation, rewards, and management support. Goal orientation an individual"s goal preferences in achievement situations. Individuals with goal learning orientation are most concerned about learning something new and developing their competence in an activity by acquiring new skills and mastering new situations.
