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In the modern management, there are criteria for the correct setting of goals and tasks, such as: specificity, measurability, achievability and relevance of the goal, as well as its time-bound. This technique for the goal setting is called the SMART-model. The article investigates the history of smart-goals definition and the use of SMART-technique is a modern approach to setting operative goals. The smart-goal setting system allows, at the stage of targeting, to summarize all available information, establish the acceptable work period, determine the sufficiency of resources, and provide all participants in the process with clear, precise and specific tasks. SMART is an abbreviation, for which there exists the following definition: Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound. Each letter of the abbreviation SMART means a criterion for the effectiveness of the goals set. The SMART-methodology helps to correctly determine the criteria for setting goals, and teaches the skills to break goals into tasks and action items, as well as to include them in the calendar plan, skills to control over the achievement of such goals, skills to delegate, techniques of the effective communication and feedback, skills to determine and use areas of responsibility, and methods to sort out and comply with priorities. The application of the SMART-technique for setting goals can really be called strategic, since it allows setting achievable and understandable goals within the framework of the more global development strategy, as well as ensuring their achievement and continuity being in constant contact with the world through the properly-built feedback and flexible responsive system to rapidly changing external conditions |
