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A comment on Ask HN: Why do companies ask employees to set goals?.

Re:Ask HN: Why do companies ask employees to set goals? by drewcoo on Friday March 26, 2021 @09:07AM (#26591660)
What you're probably looking for is info about Drucker's "management by objectives," [1] which is the predecessor to most of those goal systems.

[1] https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/management-by-objective...

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Re:Ask HN: Why do companies ask employees to set goals? by wonderingdev on Friday March 26, 2021 @09:19AM (#26591769)
I'm familiar with it. Question remains: what's the strongest argument (with supporting data) that it improves something in the company? Anything, even the employee's mood, productivity, etc.
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