Article: Goal Setting: How to Create an Action Plan and Achieve Your Goals (2nd edition)

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 ...

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