Monday, November 11, 2013

Organizational Goals and its Relevance to the Levels of Management


Does your organization have a goal aside from earning profit?

An organization that advances the use of Organizational Goals in its organizational system has a lot of advantage over those who do not. Goals can influence increase of performance. It can also increase human resource’s motivation. It also gives positive direction to an organization.

There are three levels of management in an organization the highest is the Top Level Management. In a corporate set up this is composed of the following top-level company officers. Board of Directors, Company Presidents, Vice-Presidents; Chief Executive Officers, Chief Operating Officers and the like. Any organizational position that has a policy making power is included in the top level management. These company officers are in charge of achieving the strategic goals of the organization.

Strategic Organizational Goals are initially hatched at this Top Level Management it normally occurs during planning sessions that take days to complete. The life span of the goals depends upon the outcome of the planning sessions.

After the goals at the Top Management level had been set; it goes now to the next lower level which is the Middle Level Management. Each functional area or strategic unit of the organization is given their assigned goals that would contribute to the realization of the strategic goals. These officers are composed of the various department managers. Their main responsibility is to see to it the organization's goal/s are successfully implemented and achieved.

The last organizational level that is involved in the achievement of goals is the First-Level Management these normally are the supervisors. Their task is to operationalize the strategic goals set by Top Level Management. Under them are the operational workers who do the leg work and make things happen for the organization. They are the foot soldiers so to speak.

Regardless of their level; all of these organizational goals must always have Specific, Measurable, Attainable and Realistic time table. - Marino J. Dasmarinas

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