Goals
Goal
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A goal is a desired result a person or a system envisions, plans and commits to achieve a personal or organizational desired end-point in some sort of assumed development. Many people endeavor to reach goals within a finite time by setting deadlines.
It is roughly similar to purpose or aim, the anticipated result which guides reaction, or an end, which is an object, either a physical object or an abstract object, that has intrinsic value.
Contents
1 Goal-setting 1.1 Short-term goals 2 Personal goals 2.1 Achieving personal goals 2.2 Personal Goal Achievement and Happiness 3 Self-Concordance Model 3.1 Self-concordant goals 4 Goal management in organizations 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading
Goal-setting
Main article: Goal-setting
Goal-setting ideally involves establishing specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time-bounded (S.M.A.R.T.) objectives.[citation needed] Work on the goal-setting theory suggests that it can serve as an effective tool for making progress by ensuring that participants have a clear awareness of what they must do to achieve or help achieve an objective. On a personal level, the process of setting goals allows people to specify and then work towards their own objectives most commonly, financial or career-based goals. Goal-setting comprises a major component of personal development.
A goal can be long-term or short-term. The primary difference is the time required to achieve them.[1]
Short-term goals
Short-term goals expect accomplishment in a short period of time, such as trying to get a bill paid in the next few days. The definition of a short-term goal need not relate to any specific length of time. In
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
For other uses, see Goal (disambiguation).
A poster at the United Nations Headquarters in New York City, New York, USA, showing the Millennium Development Goals
A goal is a desired result a person or a system envisions, plans and commits to achieve a personal or organizational desired end-point in some sort of assumed development. Many people endeavor to reach goals within a finite time by setting deadlines.
It is roughly similar to purpose or aim, the anticipated result which guides reaction, or an end, which is an object, either a physical object or an abstract object, that has intrinsic value.
Contents
1 Goal-setting 1.1 Short-term goals 2 Personal goals 2.1 Achieving personal goals 2.2 Personal Goal Achievement and Happiness 3 Self-Concordance Model 3.1 Self-concordant goals 4 Goal management in organizations 5 See also 6 References 7 Further reading
Goal-setting
Main article: Goal-setting
Goal-setting ideally involves establishing specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and time-bounded (S.M.A.R.T.) objectives.[citation needed] Work on the goal-setting theory suggests that it can serve as an effective tool for making progress by ensuring that participants have a clear awareness of what they must do to achieve or help achieve an objective. On a personal level, the process of setting goals allows people to specify and then work towards their own objectives most commonly, financial or career-based goals. Goal-setting comprises a major component of personal development.
A goal can be long-term or short-term. The primary difference is the time required to achieve them.[1]
Short-term goals
Short-term goals expect accomplishment in a short period of time, such as trying to get a bill paid in the next few days. The definition of a short-term goal need not relate to any specific length of time. In
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