Goals ..... Smart Goals !!!

The third lecture on Principles of Management came with yet another interesting concept. We keep reading and listening that setting goals is important in life.

But successful managers not only focus on setting goals , they focus on setting SMART Goals.
By definition , SMART stands for : specific, measurable, attainable, relevant and time-bound .








But again teaching in his own style Prof. Mandi asked us to open our minds and come with our own definition of SMART.

There was an open discussion and some interesting definitions came for each letter of word smart and thus helping in learning more aspects of setting a goal. 

Some of them were Sustainable , Structured , Sensible , Miraculous , Majestic , Ambitious , Rational , Realistic , Tangible ....... and so on ..







Dr. Mandi further explained us the importance of expectations and motivation to make people achieve higher targets and goals .The concept is known as Pygmalion effect which states that greater the expectation placed upon people, the better they perform. The simplest example of this effect is the expectation of teachers in our schools which lead us to perform better.

Smart Goals makes smart people , thus leading to smart societies and smart organisations.

As stated by Robert Brault :

"The shortest distance between two points assumes you know where you're going.”

Set SMART Goals .......


And Smart Learning Continues..............