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decide their goals for the next period. It is important that teams understand the importance of
goal setting in effectively completing a task.




‡ For setting a measurable goal for the upcoming period.

‡ To help members understand the importance of goal setting in personal and organizational
success.




About 6-8 participants. Group should be divided into smaller groups if total participants are
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1. The instructor should start by explaining the importance of goal setting. It was shown that top
performing companies all had clear goals that they strived towards together.

2. Then depending on the nature of the goal setting session, the instructor should ask the
participants to set organizational goals. For example, it could be ³Things I want to achieve at the
end of the conference.´ Or ³Goals I want my department to meet by the end of this financial
year.´

3. Give out the 
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4. After about 15 minutes, get the group to come together to discuss the goals that they have set
using the S.M.A.R.T goals system.

a. Is your goal specific?

b. Is its measurable; i.e are you able to tell that you achieved it?
c. What are the action plans set out to achieve this goal?
d. Is it realistic? Or is it too far-fetched?
e. What is the deadline for the goal to happen?

5. After discussing, the group should decide on which goals they should adopt. It should be a full
complete agreement with everyone so that everyone will take full ownership of seeing that goal
come to pass.

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1. Does everyone enthusiastically agree with the corporate goals that are set?

2. Does everyone in the group know their exact role in making sure the goals come to pass? You
can do a round the table check by asking each participant about this.

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teams with innovative tasks. This study aims to further the understanding of how teams
successfully perform goal setting given the collaborative nature of innovative projects. The
authors argue that the quality of teamwork serves as an important facilitator to the successful
enactment of goal setting in team projects. Using data from 575 members, leaders, and managers
of 145 software development teams, they test direct and moderated relationships between goal
setting and effectiveness (quality) and efficiency (schedule, budget). Results indicate that goal
setting is directly related to both effectiveness and efficiency. Furthermore, hierarchical
regression analyses show that teamwork quality moderates these relationships. Implications for
research and practice are discussed.

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