How to set objectives
One of your most important tasks as a manager is to make sure
that the members of your team understand what is expected of
them. Each individual and the team as a whole must know what
they have to do and achieve. This is the management of expecta-
tions aspect of your role.
Your task is to ensure that performance requirements
expressed as objectives are defined and agreed. You will then be
in a position to review achievements in relation to agreed objec-
tives.
WHAT ARE OBJECTIVES?
An objective describes something which has to be accomplished
- a point to be aimed at. Objectives or goals (the terms are inter-
changeable) define what organizations, functions, departments,
teams and individuals are expected to achieve.
There are two main types of objective: work and personal.
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