After reading this article you will learn about goal succession and goal displacement. Goal Succession: When new goals are added to existing goals of the organisation, goal succession is said to have taken place. Goal succession can take the following forms: 1. Add New Goals to the Existing Goals: The company may decide to add new goals to its existing [...]
After reading this article you will learn about the problems of objective setting and ways to overcome it. Problems of Objective Setting: Setting organisational objectives has the following problems: 1. Risk: Though challenging objectives increase desire to perform better, they also increase the risk of their non-achievement. 2. Stress: As a result of risk, the challenging goals may increase mental [...]
This article throws light upon the four main forces that affect organisational goals. The forces are: 1. Competition 2. Cooptation 3. Coalition 4. Bargaining. Force # 1. Competition: Organisations get resources (technological, financial, material, human) from the environment. As resources are limited, they compete for the scarce resources. Maximum share of resources is gained by organisations whose goals are acceptable [...]