Question

According to goal-setting theory, what types of goals are likely to be associated

with higher levels of performance and why?

(b) According to Grint (1993) “rarely in the history of business can a system have promised so much and delivered so little”. Do you agree with this statement regarding performance appraisal systems? Justify your answer using theory and evidence.

Answer 1

Answer
According to the goal setting theory, the type of goals which are likely to be associated with high level of performance are specific and challenging goals along with proper feedback of them, which can contribute to higher and better task performance. Specific and challenging goals are always associated with high level of performance because if any person is given a specific and challenging goes then he focuses his full energy on that particular goal giving his hundred percent of energy in achieving that goal which ultimately leads to high level of performance.
Answer B
I totally agree with his statement regarding performance appraisal system because if a performance appraisal system is applied in the right way it is surely going to deliver good results for the organization in terms of goals and directions of the employees and the points where employees needs to improve the performance. The evidence of this can be seen from the fact that most of the companies adopt a good performance appraisal system to review the performance of the employee. Companies regularly review the appraisal of the employees in order to improve the performance of the employee and increase the overall productivity of the organization towards their achievement of the goals.

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