Strategy & Planning
Setting Goals and Objectives
Master the Art of Management by Objectives


Duration: 3 Days
Who Should Attend:
- Executives & Manager
- Supervisors & Team Leaders
Course Objectives
- Understand the difference between goals and objectives
- Develop awareness of the importance of setting SMART goals and objectives
- Master the use of SMART vs. SMARTER goals and objectives
- Learn how to write goals and objectives
- Align individual and team goals with departmental and organisational goals.
What will you gain?
By the end of this course you will be able to:- Gain in-depth understanding of the organisation’s values and culture and use it to set realistic, achievable goals and objectives.
- Make the setting of objectives as an outcome-based activity rather than a process
- Get the essential know-how to create SMARTER goals and objectives
- Effectively use Management by Objectives (MBO) to create goals that represent the corporate strategy of the company
- Ensure that employee goals are in sync with the overall corporate strategy
- Develop actions plans to review and evaluate performance based on the goals that are set
- Write and adapt goals and objectives as per the changing needs of organisation
- Overcome any obstacles that come in the way of smooth goal setting and planning.
Course Content
What are Goals and Objectives?- Are they any different from one another?
- Creating Smart Vs Smarter Goals and Objectives
- Objectives as outcomes not process
- Objectives as results of an activity
- Setting challenging but achievable goals and objectives
- Benefits of using MBO
- Setting company-wide goals using MBO as a management strategy
- Setting the overall business goals
- Determining team and department-level goals
- Deliberating within departments in order to achieve a consensus
- Agreeing upon commonly understood and discussed goals
- Collaboratively setting individual-level goals that are aligned with corporate strategy
- Reviewing performance against set goals and revising them as needed
- Limitations of MBO and how to minimise them
- MBO and the Human Resources function
- Integration with strategic planning
- Cost vs. Return
- Extending MBO to non-managerial levels
- Monitoring of results
- Using performance evaluation as a tool to align individual performance with organisational goals and objectives
- Best practices for performance evaluation process
- Revision of goals and objectives as the needs of the organisation change
- Keys to success
- Overcoming obstacles to success.

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- Coaching and Mentoring Skills for Managers - ILM Endorsed
- Competency-Based Interviewing Skills - ILM Endorsed
- Core Skills of Emotional Intelligence - ILM Endorsed
- Creative Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making - ILM Endorsed
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- Effective Business Writing
- Effective Report Writing
- Excellence in Presentations & Public Speaking - ILM Endorsed
- Finance for Non-Finance Professionals - ILM Endorsed
- Fundamentals of Project Management - ILM Endorsed
- High Impact Team Building - ILM Endorsed
- Leading High Performance Teams
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- Mastering the Art of Office Administration - ILM Endorsed
- Powerful Negotiations - ILM Endorsed
- Powerful Salesman - ILM Endorsed
- Strategic HRM & Talent Management - ILM Endorsed
- Strategic Thinking and Planning - ILM Endorsed
- Strategies for Successful Change Management - ILM Endorsed
- The New Star Management Supervisor - ILM Endorsed
- The Strategic People Manager - ILM Endorsed
- Train the Trainer - ILM Endorsed
This ILM Accredited course is eligible for Unit Credits towards ILM Level 3 Leadership & Management Diploma, Certificate and Award qualifications.
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