Application: Establishing SMART Goals
Employee and organizational development is not only achieved through performance evaluations. A more proactive way of
improving performance is to identify and work toward specific goals. One of the most popular methods of targeting goals is
the SMART method, a mnemonic for the elements of effective goal setting. This method mandates the identification of goals
that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-bound.
In this Assignment, you will examine the SMART framework for goal setting. You then will apply that framework to one of your
own long-term professional goals.
To prepare for this Application Assignment:
• Review the Learning Resources on SMART Goals. How is this method effective in a diverse array of goal-setting situations?
• Identify a long-term professional goal of your own and consider how you could use the SMART framework to expand and define
your goal.
To complete this Application Assignment, write a 1- to 2-page paper in which you define a long-term professional goal and
develop a plan for attaining that goal. Address the following:
• Compare your current or recent position in an organization to which you currently belong (or have belonged) to the
position that you would like to achieve 5 to 10 years from now.
• Using the SMART framework, determine five goals for reaching your objective of attaining this ideal position.
• Evaluate how each of your goals will contribute to your professional development.
References:
Meyer, P. J. (n.d.). Creating S.M.A.R.T. goals.
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