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{{a|hr|{{image|Knee-slide|jpg|Goal accomplished, yesterday.}}}}Why | {{a|hr|{{image|Knee-slide|jpg|Goal accomplished, yesterday.}}}}Why [[Performance conversation|performance goals]] — especially ones that are | ||
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Aren’t | Aren’t so ''smart''.. | ||
===HR | ===They are [[HR]]’s idea=== | ||
This ought to be enough of a reason: any piece of management orthodoxy that | This ought to be enough of a reason: any piece of management orthodoxy that makes it easier for the [[high-modernist]]s of [personnel]] to ''measure'', ''read'' and ''box'' you — will be little use to you, your [[line manager]], or the business you serve. | ||
The world is a far messier, less convenient place than is | The world is a far messier, less convenient place than is dream’t of in any [[HCM]] philosophy. “SMART” only works on one axis: whether by some arbitrary point in time, you did an arbitrary thing or not. | ||
A box can be ticked. Personnel happy, but — really, is that all your contribution amounts to? | A box can be ticked. Personnel happy, but — really, is that all your contribution amounts to? | ||
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General rule: ''[[don’t tick boxes]]''. | General rule: ''[[don’t tick boxes]]''. | ||
===They are a [[proxy]] for something else=== | ===They are a [[proxy]] for something else=== | ||
Goals | Goals are inevitably a [[proxy]] or a [[second-order derivative]] of an idealised state: “getting down to 70kg” rather than “becoming healthy, funny and physically appealing” — which is most likely what you really want. And, as with all Greek tragedies one can attain the proxy without achieving the end state it is intended to achieve — you starve yourself, you may attain 70 kg but have bad breath, a waxen complexion and liver disease. | ||
Working hypothesis: the ironies implicit in mythological fortune telling arise ''because'' the “fortunes” that flawed heroes seek are ''goals'' and not ''systems''. So, Macbeth indeed becomes King — SMART goal achieved! — but it isn’t the ''experience'' he had in mind. Might Macbeth have found self-fulfilment ''without'' being king? A happy grandfather, respected by the royal court? ''Alive''? | Working hypothesis: the ironies implicit in mythological fortune telling arise ''because'' the “fortunes” that flawed heroes seek are ''goals'' and not ''systems''. So, Macbeth indeed becomes King — SMART goal achieved! — but it isn’t the ''experience'' he had in mind. Might Macbeth have found self-fulfilment ''without'' being king? A happy grandfather, respected by the royal court? ''Alive''? |