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{{a|design|{{image|Knee-slide|jpg|Goal accomplished, yesterday.}}}}Why employee performance goals — | {{a|design|{{image|Knee-slide|jpg|Goal accomplished, yesterday.}}}} | ||
Why employee performance goals — especially ones that are | |||
'''{{helvetica|S}}'''pecific <br> | '''''{{helvetica|S}}'''pecific'' <br> | ||
'''{{helvetica|M}}'''easurable<br> | '''''{{helvetica|M}}'''easurable''<br> | ||
'''{{helvetica|A}}'''ctionable<br> | '''''{{helvetica|A}}'''ctionable''<br> | ||
'''{{helvetica|R}}'''ealistic<br> | '''''{{helvetica|R}}'''ealistic'' and<br> | ||
'''{{helvetica|T}}'''ime-bound | '''''{{helvetica|T}}'''ime-bound'' | ||
Aren’t such a good thing. | Aren’t such a good thing. | ||
===HR likes them=== | ===HR likes them=== | ||
This ought to be enough of a reason: any piece of management orthodoxy that works for [[Human Resources]]— that make the lives of the high-modernists of [[Personnel]] easier — that | This ought to be enough of a reason: any piece of management orthodoxy that works for [[Human Resources]] — that make the lives of the high-modernists of [[Personnel]] easier — that makes you more measurable and boxable — is unlikely to work for you, your line manager, or the business you serve. The world is a far messier, less convenient place than is dreamt of in any HCM philosophy. SMART only works on one axis: whether you did it or not can be assessed at a later point in time. A box can be ticked. | ||
General rule: ''[[don’t tick boxes]]''. | |||
===They are a [[proxy]] for something else=== | ===They are a [[proxy]] for something else=== | ||
Goals tend to be 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. | Goals tend to be 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. | ||