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Excerpt from Effective Goals for Complex Tasks: Towards a Broader Conceptualization of Specific-Difficult Goals
Naylor and llgen (1984) propose that there are two types of goal specificity. One type of goal specificity is quantitative specificity the degree of quantitative precision with which the level of performance of the desired outcome is defined); however, another type of goal specificity is content or outcome specificity the explicitness with which the content of the desired outcome is defined). For example, the goal of writing two publishable papers a year is specific with regard to both quantity and content. The goal of writing publishable papers is specific with regard to content but is not specific regarding quantity. The goal of making two scientific contributions a year is specific with regard to quantity but is not specific regarding the content of the goal (naylor 8 llgen, Although there is a substantial body of research on the effect of quantitative specificity on task performance, there is little consideration of the effect of content specificity on performance (exceptions include Campbell 8 Gingrich, 1986; Earley 1985, 1986; Erez 8 Arad, This paper therefore discusses how content specificity influences the performance of simple versus complex tasks. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
