Setting performance targets /

Targets are an important part of our work life, whether we are setting them or meeting them. Target setting forms part of the budgeting process and the performance management of business units and individuals. Unfortunately the behavioral impacts of target setting on performance are not well underst...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Stringer, Carolyn
Autor Corporativo: Business Expert Press
Otros Autores: Shantapriyan, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, ©2012.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Managerial accounting collection.
Business Expert Press digital library.
Temas:
Goal setting in personnel management.
Strategic planning.
Personnel > Direction > Fixation des objectifs.
Planification stratégique.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Human Resources & Personnel Management.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Workplace Culture.
Goal setting in personnel management
Strategic planning
Target setting
goal-setting theory
motivation
performance measurement
performance management
strategy
value creation
external and internal benchmarking
relative performance targets
forecasts
target difficulty
stretch targets
highly achievable targets
line of sight
objective performance evaluations
subjective performance evaluations
incentive compensation
capped performance targets
operational budgets
fixed budgets
flexible budgets
rolling forecasts
controllability principle
weightings
short- and long-term targets
activity-based budgeting
Beyond Budgeting Roundtable Group
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Targets are an important part of our work life, whether we are setting them or meeting them. Target setting forms part of the budgeting process and the performance management of business units and individuals. Unfortunately the behavioral impacts of target setting on performance are not well understood, and this can lead to serious consequences such as game playing. Target setting is an under-researched area.
Notas:Title from PDF title page (viewed Dec. 23, 2011).
Descripción Física:1 online resource (144 pages) : illustrations, digital file.
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-139) and index.
ISBN:9781606491386
1606491385
ISSN:2152-7121

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