Topic 6: How are SMART Techniques Used In Setting Objectives? The best way to identify effective goals is to use SMART Techniques. This means that your examples should be SPECIFIC, MEASURABLE, ATTAINABLE, REALISTIC, AND TIME-DRIVEN. The goals should be stated in the form of outcomes and results in order to be Specific. We need to be sure to describe what should be accomplished and by whom. By being Measurable, the goals will be ideally written using a number, percentage, ratio of improvement, and timeline (interval). Quantifiable measures can be more consistently used and are not as frequently disputed. Management reports can provide actual benchmark outputs and ratios, project status, and completion dates. In order to be Agreeable and Applicable the defined outcomes or measures are often closely correlated with the job to which the employee is assigned and important to your department and the Company. The employee must have sufficient control and influence of the objectives to be achieved. To be Realistic, the objective should be set with adequate baseline data, an understanding of available organizational staffing and resources and employee capabilities. It can often be verified by the completion of a report, presentation of feasible recommendations, feedback from qualified raters, or the ability to attain improvement in statistical measures. This lends itself to yes or no determinations or even the use of a scale to determine the degrees of attainment of the measure. Time-Bound, means that date markers should be set for attainment of results; interim task and final completion dates should accompany all goals; the status of these goals can be assessed at the interim review. The advantages of using timelines in setting objectives is that assignments can be broken down into sub- steps and tasks to be accomplished to achieve the desired end outcomes. Clear Concrete Comparable Required Assignment 1—Plan for Legal and Ethical Issues Description In this assignment you will develop a summary of key legal and ethical issues potentially facing an international start-up manufacturing company. Using the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet, research key legal and ethical issues related to manufacturing companies in U.S., Europe, and Asia. Select approximately 4–5 scholarly sources for use in this assignment. Scenario As the business world becomes more globalized, many organizations now start in a home country with the knowledge that they will quickly expand to working in other countries. Assume you have been hired as a strategic HR consultant to help the owners of a start-up manufacturing company before they begin hiring their first employees. These owners know that their principal plant will be somewhere in the United States, but they are unsure of which state. Further, due to tremendous consumer interest in their product, they expect to expand quickly to include employees a ...

1. Topic 6: How are SMART Techniques Used In Setting
Objectives?
The best way to identify effective goals is to use SMART
Techniques. This
means that your examples should be SPECIFIC,
MEASURABLE,
ATTAINABLE, REALISTIC, AND TIME-DRIVEN.
The goals should be stated in the form of outcomes and results
in order to be
Specific. We need to be sure to describe what should be
accomplished and by
whom.
By being Measurable, the goals will be ideally written using a
number,
percentage, ratio of improvement, and timeline (interval).
Quantifiable measures
can be more consistently used and are not as frequently
disputed. Management
reports can provide actual benchmark outputs and ratios, project
status, and
completion dates.
In order to be Agreeable and Applicable the defined outcomes
or measures are
often closely correlated with the job to which the employee is

2. assigned and
important to your department and the Company. The employee
must have
sufficient control and influence of the objectives to be achieved.
To be Realistic, the objective should be set with adequate
baseline data, an
understanding of available organizational staffing and resources
and employee
capabilities. It can often be verified by the completion of a
report, presentation of
feasible recommendations, feedback from qualified raters, or
the ability to attain
improvement in statistical measures. This lends itself to yes or
no determinations
or even the use of a scale to determine the degrees of attainment
of the
measure.
Time-Bound, means that date markers should be set for
attainment of results;
interim task and final completion dates should accompany all
goals; the status of
these goals can be assessed at the interim review. The
advantages of using
timelines in setting objectives is that assignments can be broken
down into sub-
steps and tasks to be accomplished to achieve the desired end
outcomes.
Clear Concrete Comparable
Required Assignment 1—Plan for Legal and Ethical Issues

3. Description
In this assignment you will develop a summary of key legal and
ethical issues potentially facing an international start-up
manufacturing company.
Using the Argosy University online library resources and the
Internet, research key legal and ethical issues related to
manufacturing companies in U.S., Europe, and Asia. Select
approximately 4–5 scholarly sources for use in this assignment.
Scenario
As the business world becomes more globalized, many
organizations now start in a home country with the knowledge
that they will quickly expand to working in other countries.
Assume you have been hired as a strategic HR consultant to
help the owners of a start-up manufacturing company before
they begin hiring their first employees. These owners know that
their principal plant will be somewhere in the United States, but
they are unsure of which state. Further, due to tremendous
consumer interest in their product, they expect to expand
quickly to include employees and customers within both Europe
and Asia.
As an HR consultant you have been asked to identify any major
legal and ethical concerns that the company may encounter
while working in the U.S., Europe, and throughout Asia. In
addition, you are asked to provide strategic policies the
company could enact to manage these concerns. Please note the
intent is not to catalog the laws or policies of each region, but
instead to summarize legal topics that the owner should
investigate before determining final plant locations. Also,
suggestions for Europe and Asia should not be country specific.
Research and document broad legal trends for each region and
provide a listing of items that may be different from those in the
U.S.
Instructions
Develop a report summarizing key legal and ethical issues that
the owners should be aware of as they determine their plant
locations. Your document should specifically address the

4. following:
· Identify major potential legal issues as they pertain to
employees in the U.S.
· Examine 4–5 legal issues that differ based on employee
location (comparing matters in both Europe and Asia to those in
the U.S.).
· Identify key ethical issues as they pertain to employees in the
U.S.
· Examine 4–5 ethical issues that differ based on employee
location (comparing matters in both Europe and Asia to those in
the U.S.).
· Present strategic policies to manage the selected legal and
ethical issues.
Please note, the company uses manufacturing plants in which
workplace safety will be a top issue. Make and state any other
assumptions about the nature of the company as necessary.
Your final deliverable should utilize approximately 4–5
scholarly sources in support. Make sure you write in a clear,
concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship
in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and
display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Click here to download the APA Guide document. Use the
guidelines in it to format your assignment.
Write a 6–8-page report in Word format. Apply APA standards
to citation of sources. Use the following file naming
convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M4_A2.doc.
By Wednesday, February 8, 2017, deliver your assignment to
the M4: Assignment 2 Dropbox.
Grading Criteria
Assignment Components
Proficient
Max Points
Identify major potential legal issues as they pertain to
employees in the U.S.
All relevant legal issues associated with starting an
international manufacturing company based in the U.S. are

5. clearly identified. A description of how the issues pertain to the
company is included.
Examine 4–5 legal issues that differ based on employee location
(comparing matters in both Europe and Asia to those in the
U.S.).
An appropriate number of relevant issues are examined.
Examination compares and differentiates each issue based on
employee location.
Identify key ethical issues as they pertain to employees in the
U.S.
All relevant ethical issues associated with starting an
international manufacturing company based in the U.S. are
clearly identified. A description of how the issues pertain to the
company is included.
Examine 4–5 ethical issues that differ based on employee
location (comparing matters in both Europe and Asia to those in
the U.S.).
An appropriate number of relevant issues are examined.
Examination compares and differentiates each issue based on
employee location.
Present strategic policies to manage the selected legal and
ethical issues.
Policies presented are professional, clear, and aligned with HR
best practices. The policies are likely to manage and diffuse any
legal and ethical issues associated operating in the United
States, Europe, and Asia.
Academic Writing
Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate

6. ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of
sources (i.e., APA); and display accurate spelling, grammar, and
punctuation.
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated
ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of
sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and
punctuation.
Total:
Gantt Charts- SMART techniques to applied to
engineering/technical jobs.
Gantt Charts are
typically used on large
engineering or technical
projects to organize
work schedules.
Tasks in the project are
placed in sequential
order with completion
dates.
The duration of each
task is estimated in days
and months.

7. The following two
illustrations are only for
reference.
However, you can see
how a detailed
implementation work
plan can be placed
behind a goal.
Gantt Charts that follow
just show you how
Engineering Projects line
up dates and tasks.
1
Gantt Chart Principles- Projects
2
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Use of GANTT Charts For Setting Project Goals
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Assignment 2: How do I use the Job Description to Write
Objectives?
Goals are typically established each year in conjunction with
your work plans and budgeting process. These resources will
generate critical ideas for creating critical outcomes that you
expect for each job, given the employee’s level of job
responsibility and ability to impact department goals.
In addition, you will want to work from the essential functions
to consider work that might be performed more effectively,
assignments that need to be completed, and work processes that
can be improved.
You’ll want to identify what new goals you want to achieve,
behaviors that you want to modify, and results that you want to
accomplish using SMART techniques. Let’s start with the five
functions below. Use these to create five SMART goals to
submit this week.
Safety Manager:

9. 1. Develops, implements, and manages the Injury/Illness
Prevention Program and directs and coordinates the
participation of departments within that program; creates or
modifies safety policies and updates the Safety Manual as
needed. Updates the organized plans of operations, Universal
Precautions, Hazardous Communication and MSDS books and
distributes to appropriate locations and departments.
1. Conducts regular safety audits of departments including the
inspection of facilities, worksites, equipment, work practices,
and safety devices to ensure compliance with required
workplace safety standards, regulations and policy; reports the
findings to department and recommends changes to establish
safe work conditions.
1. Prepares monthly, quarterly, and annual reports; maintains
proper documentation to conform with record-keeping
requirements of Cal OSHA and California Labor Code.
1. Investigates serious accidents and/or incidents of injury or
property damage at organization work sites to ascertain cause
and need for corrective action; develops and implements
measures and strategies to prevent their recurrence in order to
meet long-range loss-reduction goals; advises departments as to
the keeping of records and coordinates the compilation of
information necessary for Risk Management files and reports.
1. Assists departments in establishing standards and developing
controls or work processes specific to departmental operations
in order to minimize or eliminate hazards and maintain
consistency with the organization’s safety policies.
Let’s see if you can create goals on the next page that would be
more specific, measurable, attainable, reliable, and time driven.
Turn your examples in as part of Assignment 2.

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