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Setting performance targets / Carolyn Stringer and Paul Shantapriyan.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher number: 2 | BEPSeries: Managerial accounting collectionPublisher: [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, [2012]Copyright date: �2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 electronic text (144 pages) : illustrations, digital fileContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781606491386
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleLOC classification:
  • HF5549.5.G6
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Contents:
1. Setting performance targets -- 2. Budget targets -- 3. Target setting in changing conditions -- 4. Performance targets -- 5. Target difficulty -- 6. Multiple performance targets --7. Innovations in target setting -- 8. Conclusion: target setting, the lost art -- Appendix. Understanding probabilities -- Notes -- References -- Index.
Abstract: 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.
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1. Setting performance targets -- 2. Budget targets -- 3. Target setting in changing conditions -- 4. Performance targets -- 5. Target difficulty -- 6. Multiple performance targets --7. Innovations in target setting -- 8. Conclusion: target setting, the lost art -- Appendix. Understanding probabilities -- Notes -- References -- Index.

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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.

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