It is believed that goals are essential in our realistic society, especially in the business world. Goal-setting is becoming widely used in organizations as a management tool for assessment. "Goals are important because organisations exist for a purpose, and goals define and state that purpose" (Samson & Daft, 2003 p.214). For the attainment of this purpose, a consideration of an effective organization is a required part of a manager's job. Therefore, the chief purpose of …showed first 75 words of 2143 total…

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