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Setting Organizational Goals

Learn how to set, measure, and manage organizational goals.
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Course: On-Demand
Advanced  Provider Jasmine McMillan  7 chapters ·  32 Lessons ·  34m  in Arabic, English, Spanish 

What You'll Learn

  • Recognize the importance of setting written organizational goals and identifying the key players involved
  • Define mission and vision statements for an organization
  • Conduct a strategic analysis and explain why it is important
  • Set business-level, international, corporate-level, and digital business goals
  • Measure short- and long-term goals while managing challenges and making changes to implemented goals
  • Use feedback to create improvements, provide direction and motivation to staff, and assess goals

Key Takeaways

  • Written goals help keep organizations on a path to success and should be part of their business plan.
  • Clearly stated goals give employees a vision of what the company is and where it wants to go.
  • With a clear vision and objectives in mind, organizations are more likely to achieve success.
  • Setting goals spans multiple levels, including business, international, corporate, and digital business goals.
  • Goals require ongoing management, including measuring progress, handling challenges, changing course, and assessing results.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does this course cover?

The course covers setting and managing organizational goals, including the importance of written goals, defining mission and vision statements, strategic analysis, setting business, international, corporate, and digital business goals, and measuring, managing, and assessing those goals.

Who are the key players in setting organizational goals?

Identifying the key players involved in setting organizational goals is addressed in the course's lesson on who the key players are.

What skills will I gain from this course?

The course is associated with skills in business objectives, goal-oriented thinking, goal setting, mission statement development, organizational development, and organizational strategy.

Is this course part of a larger training offering?

Yes. It is part of KnowledgeCity's online business training platform and is designed to help you create and manage your organizational goals.

How does the course address keeping goals on track over time?

It covers measuring short and long term goals, managing challenges, making changes to implemented goals, taking feedback to create improvements, providing direction and motivation to staff, changing course, and assessing goals.