Your Supervisor Repeatedly Informs You That "Goals Without Objectives Are

question 2

Multiple Choice

Your supervisor repeatedly informs you that "Goals without objectives are essentially meaningless." What is the rationale for such a philosophy?

• A) Goals are necessary to provide specific benchmarks that are used to gauge performance.
• B) Objectives provide a theoretical benchmark rather than a practical benchmark.
• C) A goal is not a goal unless it contains one or more objectives.
• D) Progress is impossible to track without measurable performance targets.
• E) Objectives are necessary to provide qualitative benchmarks that are used to gauge performance.

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Definitions:

Utils

A hypothetical unit of measurement used to quantify satisfaction or happiness derived from consuming goods or services.

Outcomes

The results or consequences of actions taken in a particular situation, often used in the context of strategies or experiments.

Utility Function

A mathematical representation that describes how the total utility or satisfaction a consumer derives from consuming goods and services depends on the quantities consumed.

Self-employment

A state in which an individual works for himself or herself instead of working for an employer that pays a salary or a wage.