Table of Contents: Setting performance targets

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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Bibliographic Details
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.
Subjects:	Goal setting in personnel management. Strategic planning. Target setting goal-setting theory motivation performance measurement performance management strategy value creation external and internal benchmarking relative performance targets forecasts target difficulty stretch targets highly achievable targets line of sight objective performance evaluations subjective performance evaluations incentive compensation capped performance targets operational budgets fixed budgets flexible budgets rolling forecasts controllability principle weightings short- and long-term targets activity-based budgeting Beyond Budgeting Roundtable Group Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

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.

Setting performance targets

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