In which one of the following situations is? goal-setting theory likely to be mo
ID: 355060 • Letter: I
Question
In which one of the following situations is? goal-setting theory likely to be most? effective? A. ?Margaret's supervisor told her what her goals would be for the coming year. Margaret believes the goals are a bit challenging. B. Marci? hasn't heard a peep from her supervisor since she agreed on her goals for the? year, despite submitting progress reports. C. When Bill and his boss set his goals for the coming? year, Bill was elated that they were not going to be difficult to achieve. D. Boyd keeps track of his progress toward the goals he set with his manager. E. ?Melinda's boss congratulated her on a job well done during the past year and encouraged her to keep up the good work.
Explanation / Answer
Asnwer is (A)
Goal Setting theory, is theory wherein goals are set for the upcoming quarter/ year so that performance can be counted. As per this theory, the member who has more challenging & specific set of goals performs better than the one one who has general & repetitive or easy goals.
(A) As per this option, Margaret had a conversation with supervisor & had a clarity of goals. The goals are challenging & hence she has higher probability of perfomring better since she know what to work on & how difficlut it woud be.
(B) Marci, in this scenario, she did not discussed the goals & blindly accept the goals. If she didnt knew on what to work upon, how can she perform better?
(C) In this scenario, since Bill's goals were simliar to last year, there is nothing difficult as mentioned, there would be no challenges. Bill will perfom normal as he was performing last year.
(D) This could be a scenario wherein goals were already set; there is nothing mentioned about the goals set-up & discussion. Although commitmment is there, but clarity of where he has to showcase the commitment is not talked about.
(E)In this scenario, there was no discussion on the goals. They discussed about the past things & congratulated on last year's performance, but for coming year there was no discussion & hence no clarity about the goals.