Can Locke's goal setting approach to motivation be used to self motivate. 'this is a short introduction to the topic, should not be used for higher level work'

Introduction "The basic premise of goal theory is that people' goals or intentions play an important part in determining behaviour". Basically this means that if a person sets him/herself a goal then their behaviour will likely be geared to achieving that goal. As can be seen from the model it is a persons desires and wants that lead on to the creation of goals, which affect the behaviour of the individual which then lead …

…then the goals should be achieved. If goals are simply set without this attention then the person may find it difficult to achieve. References Mullins, L, J (2002) Management and Organisational Behaviour, Prentice Hall, Harlow Martin, J (2001) Organizational Behaviour (2nd edn), Thomson, London http://www.eridlc.com/courses/course77/text/text_main14.htm Murphy, K, R. Cleveland, J, N. Kinney, T, B. Skattebo, A, L. (2003) Irish Journal of Management, Vol. 24, Iss. 1; pg. 48, http://gateway.proquest.com