Finance ✦ Penny’s Take
Goal Setting
Charles L. Hughes · 1965
62/100
👎 Skip It
A genuinely foundational 1965 text on management by objectives that helped set the stage for later goal-setting research, and that history counts for something. But it's speaking to a workplace and management style that's six decades old now, and there isn't enough detail available to say how well it holds up chapter by chapter. Worth knowing about, not worth chasing down for practical use today.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety90
Substance / usefulness65
Craft & writing60
Originality65
Evidence & accuracy65
Hype vs delivers75
Age-fit55
Human-eye read50
Penny’s verdict62
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