Chapter 06: Assignment: Motivating Behavior with Work and Rewards Use these aspects of goal-setting theory to best complete the following sentences. Use each term no more than once. Goal acceptance Goal difficulty Management by objectives Goal commitment Goal specificity Organizational support Individual abilities and traits Reinforcement Goal-directed effort James did not like the fact that he had no input in his productivity goal. Because of this, his was low and he did not take it as seriously as if he had set the same goal himself. Carol always tries extremely hard to reach her performance goal. She takes it personally when she falls short, which rarely happens because she is so dedicated to reaching it. Carol's is high. After organizational and subsidiary goals are set, each manager meets with each subordinate to explain the unit goals to the subordinate. Together the two determine how the subordinate can contribute to the unit's goals most effectively. This is called For each example presented in the following table, identify the goal-setting concept being illustrated. Goal specificity Goal difficulty Goal commitment Goal acceptance Example Because Jeff told his subordinate to "do her best" she did not perform as well as she would have if Jeff had given her an actual number of phone calls to make during her shift The company started a competition in which the top salesperson this month will win a trip to the Bahamas. You start the month with a goal of winning, but once you see how well others are doing you decide that you probably won't be the top performer and stop trying, even though you would really like to win the trip. Bob's supervisor told him he needed to finish mowing the lawn in less than one hour. Because he was told what his goal would be and had no input, Bob never felt like it was his real objective and did not adopt the goal as his own. Use your knowledge of the goal-setting model to fill in the missing labels in the following image. Goal Goal Difficulty Acceptance Organizational Support Intrinsic Rewards Performance Satisfaction Goal Specificity Goal Commitment B Extrinsic Rewards B. Grade It Now Save & Continue Continue without saving ESTION REVIEWING 2 OF 4 ANSWER INCOR ch of the following is true of information? YOU WERE SURE AND INCORRECT It consists of unformatted data. THE CORRECT ANSWER It is data that has been formatted and processed. It consists of raw data. It consists of unorganized data. I DON'T KNOW YET Use your knowledge of the goal-setting model to fill in the missing labels in the following image. Goal Difficulty Goal Acceptance Organizational Support Intrinsic Rewards Performance Satisfaction Goal Level Goal Commitment B Goal-Directed Effort Extrinsic Rewards Self-Efficacy Feedback B. Use your knowledge of the goal-setting model to fill in the missing labels in the following image. Goal Difficulty Goal Acceptance Organizational Support Intrinsic Rewards Performance Satisfaction Goal Goal Inmitment B Extrinsic Rewards Threat of Punishment Individual Abilities and Traits Feedback A. Coaching B