Throughout the course of your professional careers–whether working directly in the Human Resource Management field or as the employee of an organization in any field–you will most likely need to conduct performance management. Performance management typically occurs through the setting and evaluation of goals that are set by either you, your supervisor/organization, or a combination of the two. Often, this process is connected to performance appraisals, which can impact promotions, raises, and your standing at the organization. They can also influence the day-to-day work that you do to ensure these goals are met.

Throughout this semester, you’ll conduct your own performance management in 3 stages:

Stage 1. Initial goal(s) setting assignment

Stage 2. A mid-semester goal(s) checkin and update

Stage 3. A final performance management review of your goal(s) at the end of the semester

Please review the assignment instructions below for Phase 1:

Goal setting is the process of identifying something that you want to accomplish and establishing measurable actions and time frames to complete these actions, which will help achieve the overall goal. For this assignment, you will explore at least one goal that you want to set for yourself for this semester. Your goal(s) must be written in the SMART goal format. Review the information below to learn more about goal settings and how to use SMART goals.

STEP 1: Review information on SMART goals

By Deb Peterson 

For each of your goal(s), be sure to address all aspects of the S.M.A.R.T. model as detailed in the article:

• Specific
  • Detailed and precise, not too vague. Write exactly what you want to accomplish.
• Measurable
  • Generally use numbers to quantify. Establish clear definitions to measure if you are reaching your goals.
• Action-Oriented/Achievable
  • Describe your goals using action verbs, and outline the exact steps you will take to accomplish your goal in a way that is possible to achieve.
• Realistic/Relevant
  • Give yourself the opportunity to succeed by setting goals that you will be able to accomplish. Be sure to consider any obstacles you may need to overcome. Also, does goal achievement lead to your long-term goal?
• Time-based
  • Set a day/time and deadlines for achievement. Decide exactly when you plan to start and finish your goal

STEP 2: Write at least one SMART goal for the semester

• 1-2 sentences
• Connect your goal to your own professional/academic/personal growth and development. Make your goal related to things like learning opportunities, skill enhancement, development/growth, etc.
• Please do NOT make your goal about your grade for this class or other classes.

STEP 3: Current goal(s) status

• 1 sentence
• On a scale of 0-5, state how far along are you in achieving your goal. (0 = have not started, 5 = goal completed). No one should be able to state 5 for the first phase of your performance management, otherwise, it is no longer a goal because it is already complete.

STEP 4: Indicators of progress

• A couple sentences or bullet points
• State how you will know you achieved your goal(s), including action steps to take to help you achieve your goal(s), and/or any special achievements that will show you’re achieving your goal(s).

 

Assignment Instructions

The ability to work as a team and to be able to achieve consensus in today’s work place is an important skill. Before we explore the world of work,laborand management, we will study the nature of consensus decision making as a means of attempting to bridge the gap between the two sides in a collective bargaining simulation.

Read:

1. A Short Guide to Consensus Decision Making: An Alternative to Robert’s Rules of Order for Groups, Organizations, and ad hoc Assemblies that Want to Operate by Consensus
2. Consensus Decision Making

Forum:

1. What are some of the advantages of a consensus decision-making process over traditional methods of decision-making, such as majority voting and Roberts Rules of Order? What are the disadvantages to consensus decision-making, if any?
2. Describe the conditions that underpin consensus building. Which of these conditions do you think is the most important?
3. Have you ever participated in a consensus decision-making process or familiar with an example of such an experience? Describe the experience(s).

Forum assignments are to be completed in the [Forums] tab. Do not submit your responses in the [Assignments] tab or anywhere else on Sakai (you will not get credit if your submission is not in the right place, even if you submit it on time). Click on your group number in the [Forums] section and submit your posts. Each week your TA will set up the discussion thread to which you will be submitting your responses.

If you haven’t yet done so, you may want to review the brief PowerPoint presentation on active reading techniques in the [Resources] tab.