Research Base for Performance

Planning and Goal Setting

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Research Base for Performance Planning and Goal Setting: 

Goal setting theory - setting goals at work can help a

managee incorporate ways to meet her personal and
professional needs, thereby optimizing goal congruence
between her and the organization

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 Research Base for Performance Planning and Goal Setting: 

Goal setting theory research confirms that goal-setting

improves managee performance at all levels---managerial
as well as non-managerial---over extended periods of time,
in different kinds of organizations

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Research Base for Performance Planning and Goal Setting: 

Goal setting theory - According to Gordon,

goals vary on three dimensions:
 Specificity (Conceivable, Believable & Achievable)
 Goal Difficulty
 Acceptance

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 Process of Goal Choice

Self – Evaluation by the Sample Individual.

(1) Identify Your Major Strengths & Weakness.
(2) Identify areas in which you really want to
change.
(3) List why you feel these changes are
desirable.

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 Process of Goal Choice

Focus
(1) Describe as accurately, one measurable goal that you
have chosen to work towards.
(2) List Considerations that influenced your choice of this
particular goal.
(3) List, how you plan to measure your progress towards
this goal. How you will know when you have attained it?
What change will be observable to others?
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 Process of Goal Choice

Anticipating the change process through:

Given the choice of the goal, list the factors in yourself,

in others people, and in the environment which will
help or hinder your goal achievement.

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Cybernetic Model of Behavioural Change
Process
Psychological
Safety

Behaviour Goal
Change Supportiveness Awareness
Collaborative
Manipulation
Goal - Setting
Selective Helping
Feedback Reinforcement Interventions Emphasis on
from the Self-Direction
Self Control
Env/-
Behaviour Monitoring Manipulation of
& Control Expectations

Attempts to Expectation
Achieve the of Success
Goal
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