As a manager who is responsible for employee performance, you are considering using goal setting to motivate employees to improve their performance.However, you are not sure what kinds of goals to set.You have new employees who are learning to perform complex tasks and you also have experienced employees who can perform their tasks effectively.In the past, you have just told all employees to do their best.What kinds of goals should you set to motivate your employees?

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Ashley Sartin · Accepted Answer

Final Answer : For new employees who do not have the knowledge or skill to perform novel and complex tasks, you should set a specific high learning goal which will be more effective than a specific high performance goal or a do your best goal.In fact, for these employees a specific high performance goal might decrease performance.For the more experienced employees, for whom the task is now straightforward, you should set a high performance goal which will result in higher performance than a do your best goal.

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