In five pages this paper discusses An Experimental Approach to Organizational Development by Harvey and Brown in a consideration of the importance of organizational goal setting. One source is cited in the bibliography.
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very simply defined as an end towards which some efforts are directed. In a game of Soccer, each team tries to push the ball into the opponents goal post by
a team effort. Similarly, in Organizations the Goal is to achieve a predetermined target, by determining the objectives to achieve the desired results.
It can also be argued that a goal is not a single objective or even a companys credo or mission statement. Commonly, Harvey and Brown would agree, goals
are confused with the definitions of objectives and missions. Goal, according to Harvey and Brown, are always measureable, whereas credos are a statement of intent, while objectives are merely the
strategies toward the goal. Goals, then, are specific ways in which an organization can establish a specific direction, decide what the
intended results will be and therefore improve the production of the team/workers by giving them a clear cut series of tasks to accomplish. What this would tend to do,
one might state, is to give the workers or volunteers, in the case of a non-profit organization, a sense of accomplishment. Therefore,
a goal should be defined and written down and it needs to have some way in which it will be measured. A good way to do this, one might guess,
would be to set a specific timeframe in which this task will be accomplished. The astute manager will make sure that these tasks are accomplished in the most cost
efficient manner possible, and that the workers are equipped to handle the task ahead of them. Assuming the goal is realistic it should never be changed. There could be cost