ADMN 232 Chapter Notes - Chapter 6: Delphi Method, Middle Management, Nominal Group Technique
18 Aug 2018
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Chapter 6: planning: choosing a goal and developing a strategy to achieve that goal, benefits and pitfalls of planning, setting goals: The first step in planning is to set goals. One technique of writing effective goals for yourself is to use the s. m. a. r. t. guidelines: goals that are specific, measurable, Attainable, realistic, and timely: developing commitment to goals: Goal commitment: the determination to achieve a goal. Just (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause a (cid:272)o(cid:373)pa(cid:374)y sets a goal does(cid:374)"t (cid:373)ea(cid:374) that people will try to acco(cid:373)plish it. If (cid:449)orkers do(cid:374)"t (cid:272)are a(cid:271)out a goal, that goal (cid:449)o(cid:374)"t e(cid:374)(cid:272)ourage the(cid:373) to (cid:449)ork harder or s(cid:373)arter: developing affective action plans: Action plan: the specific steps (how), people (who), resources (what), and time period needed to accomplish a goal: tracking progress: There are two accepted methods of tracking progress: Proximal goals: are short-term goals or sub-goals. The idea behind setting proximal goals is that achieving them may be more motivating and rewarding than waiting to reach far-off distal goals.
