Smart Goals : A Performance Multiplier

Problems experienced while launching the initiative

Goals setting process was started immediately as the corporate objectives were laid down.

It took only three days to finish the process for direct reports of the MD.

For the remaining 486 employees, it became a herculean task for the Managers at various levels to study the Job Descriptions, identify vital KRAs for each Job Position, apportion their own corporate goals to the subordinates and allocate weights & measures.

Managing so many goal sheets & reviewing the status of each goal as per the periodicity for its completion surfaced as a major stumbling block.

The date for completion of the Goal Setting activity (31st Jan 2006) was over, but the Manager HR found it difficult to capture the exact status.

After visiting various departments, it could be approximated that goal sheets in respect of merely 30 % of employees had been signed off.

It took another ten days to compile the department wise status after the instructions were issued to submit the signed off goal sheets to HR.

Some departments overlooked the need to retain duplicate Goal sheets for the employees to recapitulate their targets & for the Managers to track performance.

Some signed off goal sheets were misplaced by the HR.

There was chaos all around with each blaming the other. The CEO was unhappy & the Head HR was feeling helpless.

The initiative could not be launched fully till 30th April despite another trial to complete the goal setting process.

Search for a Solution

Someone who had recently joined the company proposed having a look at the 'EmpXtrack: Goal Setting module', a software seen by him in his previous organization.

Head HR found that it could meet all their requirements & would help them in completing the Goal Setting process for all employees within a month.

The system was an obvious choice and was installed within a week.

All goal sheets became accessible to the Managers & their direct reports at all times. Manager HR found this to be a useful tool to monitor status of the goal setting process & expedite the defaulters.

Right upto the CEO, alignment to the corporate objectives was viewable.

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