Setting objectives
Featured in the Developing People: The Manager's Role training manual
By Caroline Love
Category: People Management and Motivation
Credit price: 3 download credits (Single user)
For development to take place, managers and staff need to know what development is both desirable and achievable. Clear, specific objectives are needed that describe as simply as possible what will be different in the future. This training activity offers managers an opportunity to establish development objectives for staff they manage.
When introducing the purpose of the training activity, the trainer stresses the value of clear, specific, objectives, the acronym SMART and a loose, woolly aim that the participants turn into a SMART objective. Participants then establish for themselves an aim and a SMART objective in relation to their role as a developer of people. They critique and challenge each other to ensure that their objective really is SMART.
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to enable participants to explore what it is we are setting out to achieve.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 01:30:00 |
| No of Pages: | 11 |
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Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers in any training programme on developing people: the manager’s role, as establishing that clear, specific objectives are fundamental to the role. When to use it will depend on other activities planned for the course. It is relatively short, so it can be used to fill a gap in a programme, where there should be different types of training activity following each other to provide variety. This training activity can also form part of any management training programme, as objective setting is vital. It is especially useful in programmes for staff support and supervision, introduction to management, training skills for managers and coaching skills.
Download the training activity, Setting objectives as featured in the Fenman training manual; Developing People: The Manager's Role