How Do Managers Plan?(cont. Establishing Goals Approaches to Establishing Goals traditional goall setting overall goals established at the top of the organization 一 overall goals broken down into subgoals for each level of the organization >>higher-level goals must be made more specific at lower levels >network of goals creates a meus-ends chain -subgoals constrain subordinates'behavior >assumes that top managers know what is best for the organization ©Prentice Hall,2002 7-15 How Do Managers Plan? (cont.) Establishing Goals – Approaches to Establishing Goals • traditional goal setting - overall goals established at the top of the organization – overall goals broken down into subgoals for each level of the organization »higher-level goals must be made more specific at lower levels »network of goals creates a means-ends chain – subgoals constrain subordinates’ behavior »assumes that top managers know what is best for the organization © Prentice Hall, 2002 7-15