SMART Objectives

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SMART Objectives
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Agenda
Why
What
How
Review
Intro
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Objectives

• Improve skills in writing SMART objectives
• Performance focus
• Aligned with organization
• Appraisal and self-management tool
• Preparation for NSPS

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Why Are Objectives Needed?

• Why do we need objectives?
• Capture performance expectations
• Establish criteria for rating employees
• Communicate the work that must be accomplished
• Reinforce alignment of employees work with
  organizational mission and goals

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Background

• Increased specialization and shift in roles
• P. Drucker, The Practice of Management, 1954
• Avoid the activity trap
• Negotiating a contract of goals without
  dictating a detailed roadmap
• Employee participation in planning
• Motivation by placing contributions in context
• SMART performance-focused objectives

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What Are Objectives?
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What Are SMART Objectives?
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What Are SMART Objectives?
Resources
Quantity
Quality
Time
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What Are SMART Objectives?
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What Are SMART Objectives?
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What Are SMART Objectives?
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How Do We Write SMART Objectives?
Why
What
How
Review
Intro
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Writing SMART Objectives

• Not a style or composition competition
• Capture key elements in using/applying the SMART
  framework
• Sequence
• Consider
• Milestones
• Self-management tool

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Key Points
Self- Management tool
Outcome focused
Objectives
SMART
Appraisal tool
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Next Steps

• Courses on NSPS Performance Management System
• Performance Management for Managers and
  Supervisors
• Performance Management for Employees
• Resources
• NSPS website http//www.cpms.osd.mil/nsps
• Army NSPS website http//www.cpol.army.mil/libra
  ry/general/nsps
• Your assigned Civilian Personnel Advisory Center
  (CPAC)

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