achievement

(noun)

The act of performing, obtaining, or accomplishing.

Related Terms

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  • feedback
  • affiliation
  • zero-sum
  • need

Examples of achievement in the following topics:

  • The Importance of Performance Targets

    • Performance standards motivate employees and management to use their time efficiently by setting achievable objectives.
    • Managerial effectiveness is often assessed on the ability to achieve performance targets.
    • For the employee to achieve them, objectives should be clear and simple to understand.
    • Goal setting means establishing what a person or an organization wants to achieve.
    • It aims to design goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-targeted (SMART).
  • McClelland's Need Theory

    • David McClelland describes three central motivational paradigms: achievement, affiliation and power.
    • Psychologist David McClelland developed Need Theory, a motivational model that attempts to explain how the needs for achievement, power (authority), and affiliation affect people's actions in a management context.
    • People who are strongly achievement-motivated are driven by the desire for mastery.
    • He also believes that although individuals with a need for achievement can make good managers, they are not generally suited to being in top management positions.
  • Advantages of Teamwork

    • The primary benefit of teamwork is that it allows an organization to achieve something that an individual working alone cannot.
    • Such support can encourage people to achieve goals they may not have had the confidence to have reached on their own.
    • Greater sense of accomplishment: When members of a team collaborate and take collective responsibility for outcomes, they can feel a greater sense of accomplishment when they achieve a goal they could not have achieved if they had worked by themselves.
    • While we might consider simply achieving a goal a benefit of teamwork, by taking advantage of what teamwork has to offer, an organization can gain a broader set of benefits.
  • The Importance of Motivation

    • Motivating employees can lead to increased productivity and allow an organization to achieve higher levels of output.
    • However, it is widely accepted that motivated employees generate higher value and lead to more substantial levels of achievement.
    • The management of motivation is therefore a critical element of success in any business; with an increase in productivity, an organization can achieve higher levels of output.
    • Herzberg's theory emphasizes that while salary is enough to avoid dissatisfaction, it is not necessarily enough to propel employees to increase their productivity and achievement.
  • Challenges to Achieving Organizational Diversity

    • There are various challenges to achieving diversity at individual, interpersonal, and organizational levels.
    • There are various challenges to achieving diversity, ranging from the difficulties of defining the term to the individual, interpersonal, and organizational challenges involved in implementing diversity practices.
    • Due to the rapidly increasing amount of diversity in varying countries and companies, achieving diversity is of extremely high business value.
    • Recognize the difficulties involved in achieving higher levels of diversity in the workplace
  • Benefits of Strategic Planning: Focus, Action, Control, Coordination, and Time Management

    • Planning enables companies to achieve efficiency and accuracy by coordinating efforts and managing time effectively.
    • The planning process is concerned with defining a company's goals and determining the resources necessary to achieve those goals.
    • Achieving a vision requires coordinated efforts that adhere to a broader organizational plan.
    • Planning helps to achieve these goals or targets by efficiently and effectively using available time and resources.
    • This is how planning achieves focus.
  • Defining Teamwork

    • Teamwork involves a set of tasks and activities performed by individuals who collaborate with each other to achieve a common objective.
    • Goal specification: identifying and prioritizing the tasks and activities needed to achieve the mission
    • Strategy formulation: developing a course of action to reach the goals and achieve the mission
    • Motivation and confidence building: generating the willingness and ability of individuals to work together to achieve the mission
    • Rewards:recognition of achievement toward objectives and reinforcement of behavior that supports the team's work
  • Types of Teams

    • Project teams are created for a defined period of time to achieve a specific goal.
    • Virtual teams have members located in different places, often geographically dispersed, who come together to achieve a specific purpose.
    • Cross-functional teams combine people from different areas, such as marketing and engineering, to solve a problem or achieve a goal.
  • Leadership

    • Leadership is the process by which an individual mobilizes people and resources to achieve a goal.
    • Leadership is the process by which an individual mobilizes people and resources to achieve a goal.
    • Leaders motivate others to aspire to achieve and help them to do so.
  • Feedback, Concurrent Control, and Feedforward

    • Bureaucratic control uses formal systems to influence employee behavior and help an organization achieve its goals.
    • Rewards provide incentives for achievement and recognize performance relative to goals or standards.
    • Bureaucratic controls are intended to help an organization achieve its goals by shaping how employees perform, creating accountability for outcomes, tracking actual performance, and correcting behavior when necessary.
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