What Are The Characteristics Of Goals In Management ?

There are five characteristics i.e Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant and Time bound. Its acronym is "SMART". Let me go into details.

1. Specific: Goals must be clear and unambiguous; vagaries and platitudes have no place in goal setting. When goals are specific, they tell what is expected, when, and how much.
   


2. Measurable: If your goals are not measurable, you never know whether your employees are making progress toward their successful completion.
   


3. Attainable: Goals must be realistic and attainable by average employees. That is, the goals are neither out of reach nor below standard performance. Goals that are set too high or too low become meaningless, and employees naturally come to ignore them.
   


4. Relevant: Goals must be an important tool in the grand scheme of reaching your company's vision and mission. 80 percent of worker productivity comes from only 20 percent of their activities.
   


5. Time-bound: Goals must have starting points, ending points, and fixed durations. Commitment to deadlines helps employees to focus their efforts on completion of the goal on or before the due date. Goals without deadlines or schedules for completion tend to be overtaken by the day-to-day crises that invariably arise in an organization.
   
   At the end, all I would say is that "SMART goals make for smart organization".

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