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Organizations consider a full range of criteria’s when determining goals and objectives. Distinguishing between short-term, long-term, manifest, and latent goals is the fundamental key involved in developing effective organizational goals and objectives. Properly analyzing organizational goals and objectives and implementing according to the specific guidelines can ensure its effectiveness.
Goals: Although goals may often seem vague, they identify an organization’s purpose or policy in general abstract terms. Goals can be manifest, which refers to the specific stated purpose. An example of a manifest goal or objective is: decreasing the transmission of infections in neighborhoods with increased rates of diseases. The effectiveness of a program or policy is measured based on the organizations goals and objectives not the service it provides (Chambers & Wedel, 2005).
Objectives: Objectives are measurable specific statements of an outcome. Objectives identify a targeted population and provide data that supports the organizations goal. Both goals and objectives should convey the organizations desired outcome.
Methods of Identifying Goals and Objectives: Four steps need to be followed to help identify and establish organizational goals and objectives. The first step involved is to locate the enabling legislation that will help fund the program through the state and federal treasury (Chambers & Wedel, 2005). The second step in this process is gaining a deeper understanding of relevant legislative policies and its history. Obtaining official documents or transcripts of legislative hearings from any state house library or law school library can provide an insight of regulations passed and the intent of the law. The third step is finding staff and committee reports relevant to
