A goal or objective consists of a projected state of affairs which a person or a system plans or intends to achieve or bring about — 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. For other uses, see Person (disambiguation). ... For other uses, see System (disambiguation). ... Deadline can refer to several things: A deadline is a point in time at which something must be completed. ...

A desire or an intention becomes a goal if and only if^{[citation needed]} one activates an action for achieving it (see goal-oriented). An agents intention in performing an action is their specific purpose in doing so, the end or goal they aim at, or intend to accomplish. ... ↔ ⇔ ≡ logical symbols representing iff. ... A system, person, or organization that tends to achieve a goal and demonstrate it in subsequent actions. ...

It is roughly similar to purpose or aim, the anticipated result which guides action, or and end, which is an object, either a physical object or an abstract object, that has intrinsic value. Purpose in its most general sense is the anticipated aim which guides action. ... Look up end in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... In philosophy, an object is a thing, an entity, or a being. ... In physics, particularly in quantum physics a system observable is a property of the system state that can be determined by some sequence of physical operations. ... For other uses, see Abstract It is a commonplace in philosophy that every thing or object is either abstract or concrete. ... Something has an intrinsic value when it is valuable in itself or for its own sake. See also Universal values External links Intrinsic vs. ...

Goal and types of goals

Main article: Goal setting

component of personal-development literature. Goal Setting involves setting specific, measurable and time targeted objectives. ... Personal development (also known as self-development, self-improvement or personal growth) comprises the development of the self. ...

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 other words, one may achieve (or fail to achieve) a short-term goal in a day, week, month, year, etc. The time-frame for a short-term goal relates to its context in the overall timeline that it is being applied to. For instance, one could measure a short-term goal for a month-long project in days; whereas one might measure a short-term goal for someone’s life in months or in years. Planners usually^{[citation needed]} define short-term goals in relation to a long-term goal or goals. Personal life (or everyday life or human existence) is an individual humans personal, private career (including, but not the same as, their employment career), and is a common notion in modern existence -- although more so in more prosperous parts of the world, such as Western Europe and North America...

Project goals

Goal-setters may make goals/objectives more explicit by following the guidelines associated with the SMART^[1] acronym: SMART is a mnemonic used in project management at the project objective setting stage. ...

• Specific: one should precisely define objectives or goals rather than tolerating diffuseness or nebulousness
• Measurable: one should define a method of measuring the objectives/goals
• Agreed-To/Achievable: all parties need to agree to the objectives/goals, and to their achievability
• Realistic/Rewarding/Relevant: one must define realistic objectives/goals, the accomplishment of which must make sense
• Time-bound: completion must occur within an agreed time-scale

Personal goals

Individuals can have personal goals. A student may set a goal of a high mark in an exam. An athlete might walk five miles a day. A traveler might try to reach a destination-city within three hours.

Managing goals can give returns in all areas of personal life.^{[citation needed]} Knowing precisely what one wants to achieve makes clear what to concentrate and improve on. Personal life (or everyday life or human existence) is an individual humans personal, private career (including, but not the same as, their employment career), and is a common notion in modern existence -- although more so in more prosperous parts of the world, such as Western Europe and North America...

Goal setting and planning ("goalwork") promotes long-term vision^{[citation needed]} and short-term motivation^{[citation needed]}. It focuses acquisition of knowledge and helps to organize resources. Goal Setting involves setting specific, measurable and time targeted objectives. ... Look up vision in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Motivation is a word used to refer to the reason or reasons for engaging in a particular behavior, especially human behavior. ...

Efficient goalwork includes recognizing and resolving any guilt, inner conflict or limiting belief that might cause one to sabotage one's efforts. By setting clearly-defined goals, one can subsequently measure and take pride in the achievement of those goals. One can see progress in what might have seemed a long grind. This article is about the emotion. ...

Cultural attitudes to the desirability and efficacy of personal goals may differ. For example, the idea of personal goals may clash with the trend of eliminating/transcending the personal self in some forms of Buddhist thought. Look up self in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Buddhism, a Dharmic faith, is usually considered one of the worlds major religions, with between 230 to 500 million followers. ...

Achieving personal goals

Achieving complex and difficult goals requires focus, long-term diligence and effort.^{[citation needed]} Success in any field will require^{[citation needed]} foregoing blaming, excuses and justifications for poor performance or lack of adequate planning; in short, success requires^{[citation needed]} emotional maturity. The measure of belief that people in their ability to achieve a personal goal also affects that achievement.^[2] Look up focus in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... To blame is to hold another person or group responsible for perceived faults, be those faults real, imagined, or merely invented for pejorative purposes. ... Ones emotional age is the age of an individual, expressed in terms of the chronological age of an average normal individual showing the same degree of emotional maturity. ...

Long term achievements rely on short-term achievements.^{[citation needed]} Emotional control over the small moments of the single day makes a big difference in the long term.^{[citation needed]}

By accepting a degree of realism within one's own goals, one allows oneself not to change reality to match one's own dreams by one's own efforts alone, but to accept how it is until a certain degree.^{[original research?]} This degree of "laziness" can prevent one from falling into unhappiness by losing too much control of life by trying to specialize in a very small area and to become a top leader in that field.^{[citation needed]} No matter what level of a layerered society one may identify with, it is very likely that one will keep the above and below scheme.^{[citation needed]} Leader redirects here. ...

On the other side, to put up personal goals does not necessarily mean merely to put up goals for one's own best. One does not need to put personal and non-personal in a binary opposition as in egoistic/altruistic, body/mind, cultural/natural etc. One^[who?] may say that there are elements in the making and realising personal goals that necessarily are transpersonal. In the interzone of the personal and transpersonal, the personal but also culturally dependent judgements of tastes and values will be challenged, and probably changed. In such personal processes, that might be termed "crisis", which often occurs in the processes of achieving personal goals, the hierarchised up-and-down, better-or-worse scheme can be altered.^{[citation needed]} The term Transpersonal is often used to refer to psychological categories that transcend the normal features of ordinary ego-functioning. ... Interzone is a British science fiction and fantasy magazine, published since 1982. ... A crisis (plural: crises) is a turning point or decisive moment in events. ...

One formula for achievement reads A=IM^{[citation needed]} where A = achievement, I = intelligence, and M = motivation. When motivation equals zero, achievement will always equal zero, no matter the degree of intelligence. Similarly for intelligence: if intelligence equals zero, achievement will always equal zero. The higher the combination of both intelligence and the motivation, the higher the achievement.

Goal-management in organizations

Organizationally, goal management consists of the process of recognizing or inferring goals of individual team-members, abandoning no longer relevant goals, identifying and resolving conflicts among goals, and prioritizing goals consistently for optimal team-collaboration and effective operations.

For any successful commercial system, it means deriving profits by making the best quality of goods or the best quality of services available to the end-user (customer) at the best possible cost. Goal-management includes: This article does not cite any references or sources. ... For other uses, see System (disambiguation). ... Profit is what is gained, after costs are accounted for. ... Good (accounting) - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... This article is about a term used in economics. ... Customers are waiting in front of a famous fashion shop for its grand opening in Hong Kong. ... In economics, business, and accounting, a cost is the value of inputs that have been used up to produce something, and hence are not available for use anymore. ...

• assessment and dissolution of non-rational blocks to success
• time-management
• frequent reconsideration (consistency checks)
• feasibility checks
• adjusting milestones and main-goal targets

Morten Lind and J.Rasmussen^{[citation needed]} distinguish three fundamental categories of goals related to technological system management: Time management is straightforwardly defined as the management of time in order to make the most out of it. ... Possibility comprises that which one can achieve, or alternatively ones potential. ... A Spanish kilometre stone A milestone on the Boston Post Road in Harvard Square, Massachusetts, USA Slate milestone near Bangor, Wales A milestone or kilometre sign is one of a series of numbered markers placed along a road at regular intervals, typically at the side of the road or in...

1. production goal
2. safety goal
3. economy goal

An organizational goal-management solution ensures that individual employee goals and objectives align with the vision and strategic goals of the entire organization. Goal-management provides organizations with a mechanism to effectively communicate corporate goals and strategic objectives to each person across the entire organization. The key consists of having it all emanate from a pivotal source^{[citation needed]} and providing each person with a clear, consistent organizational-goal message. With goal-management, every employee will understand how his or her efforts contribute to the success of an enterprise.

An example of goal types in business management:

• consumer goals: this refers to supplying a product or service that the market/consumer wants
• product goals: this refers to supplying a product outstanding compared to other products^{[citation needed]} — perhaps due to the likes of quality, design, reliability and novelty
• operational goals: this refers to running the organization in such a way as to make the best use of management-skills^{[citation needed]}, technology and resources.
• secondary goals: this refers to goals which an organization does not regard as priorities

References

• Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Jeff Cox. The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement. ISBN 0-88427-061-0

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See also

• Big Hairy Audacious Goal
• Direction of fit
• Goal Programming as part of Operations Research
• Goal-Setting Theory
• Goal Theory
• Management by objectives
• Strategic management
• Strategic planning
• SWOT Analysis