Categories: Strategy

What are Annual Objectives?

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Annual objectives are the objectives made for a year&period; Annual objectives are the short term milestones should be achieved in order to meet long term objectives&period; Similar to long term objectives&comma; annual objectives should be SMART&semi; Specific&comma; Measurable&comma;Attainable&comma;Realistic and Timely&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Annual objectives should be established at following levels of an organization&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">1&period; Corporate level &lpar;For example&comma; GE is a corporation&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">2&period; Divisional level &lpar;For example&comma; GE&&num;8217&semi;s divisions include GE Capital&comma; GE Energy&comma; GE Technology Infrastructure&comma; and GE Home &amp&semi; Business Solutions&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">3&period; Functional level &lpar;For example&comma; GE functional areas could be Finance&comma; Marketing&comma; Management&comma; HR&comma; Manufacturing&comma; Supply Chain&comma; Technology and etc&rpar;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">A list of annual objectives is required for achieving long-term objective&period; Annual objectives plays critical role in strategy implementation on the other hand long-term objectives are important in strategy formulation&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 align&equals;"justify">Example of Annual Objectives<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">XYZ corporation has an annual objective to increase market share by 10&percnt;&comma; revenues and profits by 20&percnt;&period;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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