TY  - BOOK
AU  - Stringer,Carolyn
AU  - Shantapriyan,Paul
TI  - Setting performance targets
T2  - Managerial accounting collection,
SN  - 9781606491386 (electronic bk.)
AV  - HF5549.5.G6 S777 2012
U1  - 658.3 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - [New York, N.Y.] (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017)
PB  - Business Expert Press
KW  - Goal setting in personnel management
KW  - Strategic planning
KW  - Target setting
KW  - goal-setting theory
KW  - motivation
KW  - performance measurement
KW  - performance management
KW  - strategy
KW  - value creation
KW  - external and internal benchmarking
KW  - relative performance targets
KW  - forecasts
KW  - target difficulty
KW  - stretch targets
KW  - highly achievable targets
KW  - line of sight
KW  - objective performance evaluations
KW  - subjective performance evaluations
KW  - incentive compensation
KW  - capped performance targets
KW  - operational budgets
KW  - fixed budgets
KW  - flexible budgets
KW  - rolling forecasts
KW  - controllability principle
KW  - weightings
KW  - short- and long-term targets
KW  - activity-based budgeting
KW  - Beyond Budgeting Roundtable Group
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-139) and index; 1. Setting performance targets -- 2. Budget targets -- 3. Target setting in changing conditions -- 4. Performance targets -- 5. Target difficulty -- 6. Multiple performance targets --7. Innovations in target setting -- 8. Conclusion: target setting, the lost art -- Appendix. Understanding probabilities -- Notes -- References -- Index; Access restricted to authorized users and institutions; Also available in print; Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries
N2  - Targets are an important part of our work life, whether we are setting them or meeting them. Target setting forms part of the budgeting process and the performance management of business units and individuals. Unfortunately the behavioral impacts of target setting on performance are not well understood, and this can lead to serious consequences such as game playing. Target setting is an under-researched area
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ER  -