Griffin Management 7e: Self-Assessments





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Management , Seventh Edition
Ricky W. Griffin - Texas A&M University

Self-Assessments

Goal Setting Questionnaire

Introduction: As we have seen in previous chapters, goals and goal setting are critical to organizational effectiveness. The following assessment surveys your beliefs about how goals should be set to increase the productivity of organizations.

Instructions: Choose the number on the scale that most clearly reflects your view of what the most desirable situation should be for productivity.

(Strongly Agree = SA, Agree = A, Don't Know = DK, Disagree = D, Strongly Disagree = SD)

1.	Members of the organization should understand exactly what they are supposed to do on their jobs.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

2.	Goals should be challenging but reasonable (neither too hard nor too easy).
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

3.	There should be deadlines for accomplishing goals.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

4.	Goals should be clearly explained to everyone in the organization.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

5.	Managers should encourage people to reach their goals.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

6.	Organizational members should have some say in deciding how they will go about implementing their goals.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

7.	Organizational membrs should get credit and recognition when they attain their goals.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

8.	Organizational members should get feedback indicating that they have reached their goals.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

9.	Sometimes people will compete with coworkers to see who can do the best job in reaching their goals.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

10.	Reaching goals should increase people's chances for a pay raise.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

11.	Organization members should have suitable or effective action plans for reaching their goals.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

12.	Job training should be good enough so that everyone is capable of reaching their goals.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

13.	Work teams in the organization should work together to attain goals.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

14.	In performance appraisal sessions, managers should stress problem-solving rather than criticism.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

15.	Working toward goals is stressful.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

16.	Organizational members often fail to attain their goals.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

17.	Organizational members have too many goals (they are too overloaded).
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

18.	Organizational members are given incompatible or conflicting goals by different managers (or even by the same one).
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

19.	Organizational members' job goals lead them to take excessive risks.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

20.	The pressure to acheive goals can lead to considerable dishonesty and cheating.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

21.	Goals are used more to punish people than to help them do their jobs well.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree

22.	If a manager makes a mistake that effects someone's ability to attain his or her goals, the manager refuses to admit it or discuss it.
	Strongly Agree 0 1 2 3 4 Strongly Disagree