Question

Sebastian, an employee, understands that he has great potential after taking a self-assessment test at his company. He decides to create a checklist of short-term objectives to achieve to help him hone his skills. In this scenario, Sebastian is employing _____ as a mechanism of career management.

Answer 1

Sebastian, an employee, understands that he has great potential after taking a self-assessment test at his company. He decides to create a checklist of short-term objectives to achieve to help him hone his skills. In this scenario, Sebastian is employing goal setting as a mechanism of career management.

Explanation:

Goal setting is a process that starts with

• identifying a new objective, skill, or project you want to achieve.
• It involves making an Action Plan  for achieving it the set objective.
• Reviewing the action Plan

Goal-setting theory of motivation states that specific and challenging goals when linked with feedback leads to better work performance

Goals indicate and give direction to an employee about what needs to be done and how much effort is required to be put in.

Answer 2

Sebastian is employing Goal setting as a mechanism of career management.

Explanation:

Goal setting:

• Serve as a base for "Human resource Planning"

• It is proven that those employees who have goal setting will show good performance on their job.
• This will directly or indirectly promote the organization
• We can achieve organizational goals too
• Goal setting techniques are used by successful people around the world
• This might even be a favorite interview questions because the HR can understand how effective the employee would be for the organization.