Identifying Organizational Goals and Objectives

Having limited resources (people and money) is an aspect of business common to every organization. The challenge most of them share is distributing those resources effectively to achieve the highest return on their investment. You would think that identifying organizational goals and objectives would be an obvious requirement, however, that is not the case for many organizations. In many cases, if it is being done, it is not done very well. There are many reasons why this effort is ignored or done poorly.

  • There is no formal process to define corporate goals and objectives.

  • Firefighting diverts attention from long-range planning.

  • Stated goals and objectives are not qualified or quantifiable.

  • The development ...

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