Setting performance targets

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 underst...

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Main Author: Stringer, Carolyn.
Other Authors: Shantapriyan, Paul.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, c2012.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Managerial accounting collection.
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245 1 0 |a Setting performance targets  |h [electronic resource] /  |c Carolyn Stringer and Paul Shantapriyan. 
250 |a 1st ed. 
260 |a [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) :  |b Business Expert Press,  |c c2012. 
300 |a 1 electronic text (144 p.) :  |b ill., digital file. 
490 1 |a Managerial accounting collection,  |x 2152-7121 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-139) and index. 
505 0 |a 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. 
506 |a Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. 
520 3 |a 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. 
530 |a Also available in print. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. 
538 |a Mode of access: World Wide Web. 
538 |a System requirements: Adobe Acrobat reader. 
588 |a Title from PDF t.p. (viewed on December 23, 2011). 
650 0 |a Goal setting in personnel management. 
650 0 |a Strategic planning. 
653 |a Target setting 
653 |a goal-setting theory 
653 |a motivation 
653 |a performance measurement 
653 |a performance management 
653 |a strategy 
653 |a value creation 
653 |a external and internal benchmarking 
653 |a relative performance targets 
653 |a forecasts 
653 |a target difficulty 
653 |a stretch targets 
653 |a highly achievable targets 
653 |a line of sight 
653 |a objective performance evaluations 
653 |a subjective performance evaluations 
653 |a incentive compensation 
653 |a capped performance targets 
653 |a operational budgets 
653 |a fixed budgets 
653 |a flexible budgets 
653 |a rolling forecasts 
653 |a controllability principle 
653 |a weightings 
653 |a short- and long-term targets 
653 |a activity-based budgeting 
653 |a Beyond Budgeting Roundtable Group 
655 4 |a Electronic books. 
700 1 |a Shantapriyan, Paul. 
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