"john smith" wrote in message
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In article ,
"Matt Barrow" wrote:

I have to admit, you have a point.
My wife works for a large corporation, and the stories she tells me
about goal setting by the executives is that they will not commit to
any
objective/goal unless they are absolutely certain it will be obtained.
This so as not to jepardize their bonuses.

Bonuses typically have nothing to do with meeting project goals, or with
achieving a goal versus reaching 98% of it.

In this company it does.
It also makes a difference in the support a manager receives if a
project is not one of their VP's individual goals.

There were so many projects I would have loved to decline when I was in the
situation!!

Unfortunately, it doesn't work that way.