Goals and Values 1

Goals and Values

Emma Holmes

National American University

Goals and Values 2

Abstract

Goals have become a general concepts in our society. Goals and values are important because

organizations exist for a purpose and goals and values state that purpose. It seeks to improve how

organizations relate to their external environments and function internally to attain high

performance and high quality of work life. Organization development is a continuous work of

putting effective changes in the organization. Organization aims at developing moral values such as

honesty and integrity among employees. Enabling the organization to continuously experiment,

change, and improve thus increasing its capacity to grow learn, and achieve its purpose.

The ability to make ethical decisions relative to work is of the most important tools that today's

worker can possess. Some of the most important ethical characteristics that organizations actually

look for to ensure new worker success are reliability and trustworthiness, willingness to learn,

responsibility for one's actions, and the ability to work cooperatively. The goal of organizations is

to hire employees who have the ability to make ethical decisions. A worker with this work

ethic has the ability to recognize ethical problems, exercise ethical reasoning skills, resolve ethical

conflicts, and implement ethical decisions. Organizational development aims at motivating all

employees of the organization. By driving all workers to one common goal, the potentialities of

each employee is enhanced and utilized for the success of the company. Motivated employees are

fully committed and strive hard even in tough situation for the success of the company.

Organizational development moral values such as honesty and integrity among employees. Honest

employees work sincerely and utilize their full potential to achieve the desired goals of the

enterprise. It is the integrity of honesty and loyal employees which keeps the organization stand

even in hard times to surpass recession without problems.

Goals and Values 3

Goals and Values

Organizations are set up to perform certain specific task to achieve certain set goals. To achieve the goals of an

organization, performance must be effective and efficient. It must critically analyzes the internal and external

capabilities, as well as the formal and informal parts of the organization. The internal and external environment

which organization analyzes are strength, weakness, opportunity and threat. The formal parts of the organization that

it analyzes include objectives, structure, policy, human resources, and compensation. The informal ones include

values, attitudes, social relationships, etc. A key aspect of professionalism is recognizing the role and importance of

others. One would say knowledgeable in their skills, creativity, responsible and to show respect for one another. able

The compatibility of personal values with organizational values leads to a high level of personal satisfaction

with our work. The objectives of the organization and those of its members acquire greater meaning and

importance. If both of these values stray from each other, the culture of the organization weakens and its members

begin to scatter. Generally change programs are aimed at improved effectiveness, efficiency, and participant

satisfaction. It then becomes necessary to decide how much emphasis, if any, to put on on each goal.

(Organization Development, eighth edition, p. 71)

Goals and Values 4

http://www.globalstrategicmgmt.com/blog/bid/83508/Important-Values-Of-Organizational-Development

http://www.academia.edu/9061207/INFLUENCE_OF_ORGANIZATION_DEVELOPMENT_ON_ORGANIZATIONAL_PERFORMANCE_IN_NIGERIA_PUBLIC_SECTOR

http://significanceofvalues.com/organizational/index.html

Organization Development, Eighth Edition p. 71