ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on how leaders decide what is most important to accomplish with their scarce time and resources. First they must assess their organizations, themselves, and their priorities and only then can they decide what to achieve. Global assessments help leaders set agendas, balance time, and focus on special efforts. Subordinate effort is the extent to which subordinates strive to achieve objectives and the level of commitment they exhibit in their jobs. External coordination and adaptability are the degree to which the organization is aligned with its external constituent's customers, competitors, and the like and adapts to changing circumstances. Resource allocation encompasses the degree to which the workers or units have the equipment, personnel, facilities, and funds to accomplish work or to acquire the necessary information or help from other work groups. Behavioral issues are important for executives in supporting organization-level goals. Assessment of goal achievement is an important measure of organizational and managerial accomplishment.
