Definition Measurable Goal vs. Relevant Goal vs. Realistic Goal - Definitions

[D.Salman]

Dear All,
Could you help to get the meaning of the following terms?
Measurable goal.
Realistic or relevant goal.
Many thanks

 

[joshua_sx1]

Re: Measurable and Realistic Goal

Measurable goal – “a goal or objective that can be expressed in numerical value… so you can measure it…”

Realistic or relevant goal – “goals or objectives that are applicable to the nature of your business and will definitely get benefit from achieving them…”

(those comes in my mind as of now… and I’m sure others will have more…)

 

[sathishthantri]

Re: Measurable and Realistic Goal

Hi,
I will try to make it clearer.

The SMART goal setting and evaluation formally became well known, even though implicitly many organisations were following this before, with the concept of Management by objectives from Peter Drucker, the famous management guru.

"SMART" objectives as used by many organisations have undergone changes and may mean : Specific (or Stretched or Significant or Simple), Measurable (or Meaningful or Motivational or Manageable), Achievable (or Attainable or Appropriate or Agreed or Action-oriented), Relevant (or Realistic or Result-oriented or Rewarding), and Time-bound (or Time-Specific or Time framed or Trackable) objectives.

Measurable objectives are those which have a clear known end result or the path of measurement like achieve 20% business growth wherein the business growth in terms of either market share or sales is measured and evaluated against the target of 20%. A goal like "We will excel in Market" would become non-measurable as nothing is known on which criteria the excellance was intended.

Relavant goals for the organisation means aligned to the organisational strategies. For employees relevant goals would be those on which the person who agrees to achieve, can act. An example would be decreasing the value of inventory in the shopfloor by 4% would be a goal of an employee in Finance / Stores / Planning / Supply chain / Production / Marketing, as they control at least a part of the process. If this goal is applied to a Secretary in HR function, this could become irrelavant.

Realistic goals are those which should not be unrealistic. Like a stretched sales target with 1500% growth is imposed (?) or agreed upon may not be realised even if the market is available, considering the resource needs. The zeal when the goal is set, will get curbed while trying to achieve such goals.

Hope it helped .............
Rgds

 

[Manoj Mathur]

Re: Measurable and Realistic Goal

Yes, on last paragraph, I differ a little bit. REALISTIC GOAL. I think one should be very knowledgeable about Stretchable Goal and Unrealistic Goals. Many a times World has Proven that once considered as Unrealistic Goal have been achieved by people with grit and passion. Please read the message
“ HR must allow people to work on projects that are demanding, unpredictable and ambiguous , as many enjoy such challenges .And all HR strategies have to be directly linked to the core business of the company and its customer's interest”
---”Dave Ulrich”

 

[sathishthantri]

Re: Measurable and Realistic Goal

Agreed that some goals are achieved by stretching.
But these are exceptions and the failure in realising the goals are generally due to complacency as they are tooo stretched and have unreachable targets.
The goals should be achievable and should not be easily achieveable (stretched) but not unrealistically set so that the employees "drop the idea of catching these sour grapes".

Regards

 

[Phil Fields]

Re: Measurable and Realistic Goal

Dear All,
Could you help to get the meaning of the following terms?
Measurable goal.
Realistic or relevant goal.
Many thanks

Hello, why are you asking, are you in theprocess of feveloping goals?

Phil

 

[Ajit Basrur]

Dear All,
Could you help to get the meaning of the following terms?
Measurable goal.
Realistic or relevant goal.
Many thanks

Refer this article - Writing SMART Goals

 

[Stijloor]

Dear All,
Could you help to get the meaning of the following terms?
Measurable goal.
Realistic or relevant goal.
Many thanks

Here is a simple example that I use in my training sessions.

Question: "What is the purpose of a football game?"
Answer: "To win." (That's a measureable goal.)

I usually elaborate on how that goal is measured. By the score.
(And trust me, a heck of a lot more is measured during a football game)

Question: "Is that goal realistic or relevant?"
Answer: "Ask the fans!"

Stijloor.

 

[prototyper]

Here is a simple example that I use in my training sessions.

Question: "What is the purpose of a football game?"
Answer: "To win." (That's a measureable goal.)

I usually elaborate on how that goal is measured. By the score.
(And trust me, a heck of a lot more is measured during a football game)

Question: "Is that goal realistic or relevant?"
Answer: "Ask the fans!"

Stijloor.

Is the stretch target winning with a 20 point spread?

 

[Stijloor]

Is the stretch target winning with a 20 point spread?

For what I have been through with my beloved team during the last few years;a win is a win, even by 1 pointmakes me happy.

Stijloor.