Setting Goals or Goals

Setting goals (Goal) is the first step to starting effective time management. Goal setting has the role of a compass pointing the way to something that points the way to something that requires concentration of time management. Goals serve as a guide for time management by helping to prioritize the many activities that need to be completed. Goal setting is a formal process for determining the desired results. Setting goals and measuring their achievement will help organizations especially in:

• Focus on what matters most
• Give the team instructions to the team
• Avoid wasting energy for noncritical tasks
• Avoid wasting time
• Self-motivation
• Increase job satisfaction

In general, there are three categories of destinations, which include:

• Critical Goal: It is a goal that must be met as a standard of success.
• Enabling Goals: These are goals that facilitate the achievement of critical goals. Usually in the form of short and medium term goals that support long-term goals.
• Nice-to-Have Goals: It is a goal to make positive change (improvement) in the organization / company.

In order for goals to be achieved in an effective manner, they must have the following characteristics:

• Important (importan): The level of importance of goals will motivate individuals to achieve them because it is related to their personal interests as well, although subtly it is the success of the organization.
• Specific: Goals must be clear and specific, meaning that they are not biased, for example, biased goals, for example, the company wants to get a significant profit. Instead of using a target like that, the company should in detail state, how many profit targets to be achieved, what percentage of the increase is compared to the previous year, what is the targeted sales volume, and other specific goals.
• Have a time-framed target: Each goal must have a target time to be met so that individuals can work in a disciplined manner, the company must describe various supporting tasks accompanied by each target completion time so that the target time for achieving the project can be met
• Measurable (measureable): Goals must be measurable, meaning that the targets can easily provide an overview of the results of achievement when evaluated.
• Supporting organizational goals: Job objectives should support the main goals of the organization, not to let the goals of the division conflict with the main goals of the organization / company.
• Challenging: Goals should be challenging, so as to trigger individuals to fulfill them. It is not impossible that the productivity of employees will decrease because the job is too easy to do, because they are not used to it, so that they feel boredom and boredom. Challenging goals will encourage a new passion for work, because one of human nature is warrior. Providing challenging goals is essentially the same as giving new reasons for jobs to work even harder to prove they are capable.
• Achievable: Goals should be realistic and attainable. It is fine for humans to think of flying, as long as it is accompanied by knowledge and research on the possibility of success to make it happen, as did the Wright brothers, where the aircraft they created were the result of their vision to be able to fly. Do not let, the goal makes us become the highest because there are so many sacrifices and resources that must be provided for that goal to be realized.

There are 4 steps to using goals to manage time :

Step 1. Break down the goals into groups of tasks / activities needed to achieve these goals.

Step 2. Make objective priorities.

Step 3. Sort the activities from those that need to be completed first to the end

Step 4. Create a target time for each activity.

These steps can be arranged in the form of a table containing activities tailored to the target time to be achieved.