Edwin Locke Believes That Goal Setting Can Enhance Individual Work

question 345

Multiple Choice

Edwin Locke believes that goal setting can enhance individual work performance for all of the following reasons except

• A) goals can clarify performance expectations between supervisor and subordinate, among co-workers, and across organizational subunits.
• B) goals give direction to people in their work.
• C) goals can clarify performance expectations between competing organizations.
• D) goals can establish a frame of reference for task feedback.
• E) goals provide a foundation for behavioural self-management.

Grasp the relationship between price changes and demand elasticity in specific market scenarios.

Understand the concept of performance and its evaluation metrics.

Recognize the importance of emotional intelligence in job performance.

Identify the role of general cognitive ability in performance across different job complexities.

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