How to Use Results-Oriented Job Objectives

Job Objectives are used to:

• Focus job effort
• Communicate organization values and goals
• Build team work
• Specify performance appraisal criteria
• Introduce training to improve job performance
• Coach employees to surpass job expectations
• Help employees grow
• Expand job expectations as the employee matures in job performance
• Instill freshness into job responsibilities
• Meet new organization and job challenges

Job Objectives make the most sense and add the most clarity for employees when they are inserted into the job description just below the related job result, as shown above for the waiter/waitress.

Job responsibility as stated in the job description:

PREPARES TABLES FOR DINING by

cleaning and covering tables; setting utensils, napkins, decorations, condiments, candles, and service plates.

Current Job Objective based on the job responsibility:

REDUCES TIME TO PREPARE TABLES by

identifying quicker ways to communicate when diners are preparing to leave by September 6.

Job Objectives, along with our other products—job descriptions, job standards, job-specific employee management forms and job evaluation—are an integral part of a total Results-Oriented Management Strategy.