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Article: Goal Setting: How to Create an Action Plan and Achieve Your Goals (2nd edition)
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- Personnel Psychology
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- December 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright Blackwell Publishing Ltd. Winter 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Susan B. Wilson and Michael S. Dobson. Goal Setting: How to Create an Action Plan and Achieve Your Goals (2nd edition). New York: American Management Association, 2008, 118 pages, $12.00 softcover.
At some point in your career, many of you have likely heard about the value of setting goals to facilitate task performance or personal development. Goal-setting programs designed to enhance performance or personal growth are quite popular in organizations today, both at the organizational/work unit level (e.g., management by objectives programs) and the individual level (e.g., executive coaching programs). As a part of these programs, individuals are sometimes instructed to set SMART goals ...