Objectives

The first step in the planning process is setting goals. To write goals the Manager uses the S.M.A.R.T. Suppose you are an entrepreneur and you want to set the following goal related to profit from operations:

a. I want to open new sales establishments.

b. Evaluate this goal based on S.M.A.R.T. Rewrite the goal to meet S.M.A.R.T.

When stating your answer you must:

a. Define in your words what S.M.A.R.T. b. Improve the goal set in the example to meet S.M.A.R.T. c. Evaluate whether or not the goal that one of your classmates writes meets S.M.A.R.T.

Some reference:

Williams, C. (2022). MGMT: Principles of management (12th ed.).

chapter 5 Planning and Decision-Making

chapter 6 Organizational Strategy