Setting performance targets / Carolyn Stringer and Paul Shantapriyan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stringer, Carolyn.

Contributor:

Shantapriyan, Paul.

Series:

Managerial accounting collection. 2152-7121

Managerial accounting collection, 2152-7121

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Goal setting in personnel management.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

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.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-139) and index.

Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on December 23, 2011).

ISBN:

9781782680932

1782680934

9781283892575

128389257X

9781606491386

1606491385

OCLC:

772396549

Publisher Number:

2 BEP