Vision and Goal Setting

Expanding an organization to the full potential requires goal setting and a common vision among leaders from all departments across the board. Senior leadership will most often provide a vision much further down the road for an entire organization, while managers will focus on a vision closer to the present time for a specific department (Clark, 1997). It is vitally important to the success of an organization for managers to set individual and department goals that are in direct correlation to the organizations vision. By challenging a team of individuals to meet department goals, managers will have the assistance and power to achieve the organizations vision.

A vision devised by senior leadership of an organization is often carried out by goals set by managers, and achieved through the work of their subordinates. In the reading, Clark (1997) states the six steps to goal setting: vision, goals, objectives, tasks, timeline, and follow up. Once an organization has developed a vision, goals should be established in order to reach the final destination (The importance of vision,...