My Goal

These next few blog posts will deal with goal-setting and planning, as we are currently discussing planning, one of the most important fundamentals of management, in my class. Every organization has a goal in mind, whether it is to maximize profits or help out the community. Similarly to organizations, I have goals of my own, just like the majority of college students. According to Daft and Marcic and research they have looked at, they believe that effective goals meet the criteria of being "specific and measurable..., expressed in quantitative terms,... be precisely defined and allow for measurable progress. Effective goals also have a defined time period." (Daft & Marcic, p. 168) Following this advice, I have made my own goals that I would like to achieve.

My main goal that I am striving towards right now is graduating college by May of 2021 with a BS in Computer Science, and a job lined up to start after that summer. This has been my goal ever since I became interested in Computer Science, which was around 6th grade. I had always been fascinated with technology growing up and I knew I would love to learn to be able to manipulate technology to make my life easier. I believe I will stick with this goal and not change it because I have a deep passion for this major, and I do not see myself graduating with any other field of study. If the only thing somebody were to know about me is this goal, then they might think that I am someone who is more "nerdy" or "geeky" than most people, and in a way, I am. Looking beyond that, I believe this goal of mine demonstrates that I am someone who sets out to do anything that I want to do, no matter how difficult it might be. I also think this shows that I have a true passion for the field of technology, and being able to make a difference in people's lives through the powers of it.

- Sayuz

Sources:
Daft, Richard L. Management. 9th ed., Cengage Learning, 2018.