Goal setting is one of the most defining attribute which a manager can have and which can decide the future course of any organization. All the goals should be SMART i.e. should be specific,measurable,achievable,realistic and time bound. To better understand the goal setting we had a very interesting play in our class.
Students was asked to create a tower using small identical cubes. Although most of the students were identical in their technical prowess , it was intriguing to see that there was a lot of difference in how the people were setting the goal for themselves. The range of cubes one can use to construct the tower without falling was almost varying from 10 to 35(some even said they can create using all the cubes but i assume that was only fun).
So one student who has set his individual goal as 10 was asked to come and start constructing the tower. To the utter surprise of himself and the whole class, he constructed the tower using 17 cubes without falling. later he was asked to set a new goal if he was blind folded. He reduced his goal again this time to 10(Back Folder).
Learning from this play was that most of the times managers tend to set a goal which is far less than what can be achieved and real potential of the employees. This underestimation not only results in low productivity but also refrains employees from knowing their true self potential.
So the Goal setting should be always done keeping in mind the achievable target and should be higher than it. This would ensure that the final achieved target will be higher than achievable target and each and every time this achievable umbrella will increase. Since the real potential of any human being cannot be measured we must try to bring the set goal as close as possible to the real potential.
Students was asked to create a tower using small identical cubes. Although most of the students were identical in their technical prowess , it was intriguing to see that there was a lot of difference in how the people were setting the goal for themselves. The range of cubes one can use to construct the tower without falling was almost varying from 10 to 35(some even said they can create using all the cubes but i assume that was only fun).
So one student who has set his individual goal as 10 was asked to come and start constructing the tower. To the utter surprise of himself and the whole class, he constructed the tower using 17 cubes without falling. later he was asked to set a new goal if he was blind folded. He reduced his goal again this time to 10(Back Folder).
Learning from this play was that most of the times managers tend to set a goal which is far less than what can be achieved and real potential of the employees. This underestimation not only results in low productivity but also refrains employees from knowing their true self potential.
So the Goal setting should be always done keeping in mind the achievable target and should be higher than it. This would ensure that the final achieved target will be higher than achievable target and each and every time this achievable umbrella will increase. Since the real potential of any human being cannot be measured we must try to bring the set goal as close as possible to the real potential.
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