User manual SABA GOALS AND OBJECTIVES DATASHEET

[. . . ] Data Sheet Saba Goals & Objectives Benefits Drive revenues by dynamically aligning the workforce with growth initiatives and changing business priorities Ensure focus on the right activities to drive both growth and customer satisfaction Increase manager visibility into performance execution Create a performance-driven culture Features Set and manage goals and objectives throughout the organization Align and cascade goals along people-centric, organizational, or cross-functional lines Track measurable (SMART) goal metrics Make goals and objectives actionable by associating them directly with specific skills and learning activities Update goal progress information quickly and easily through email Log performance journal comments and link them to specific goals Manage performance-planning processes such as balanced scorecards, performance plans, development plans, and MBOs Facilitate the prioritization of goals and objectives Automate the bulk assignment of goals and plans to teams and organizations Report on goal and plan achievement, progress, and status, or create your own ad hoc reports Includes embedded career and competency management capabilities The industry's strongest global capabilities, including support for 26 languages Choice of delivery models; in the cloud or on-premise Users have a clear line of sight to view how their goal contributes to the success of others. Keeping groups and individuals aligned with changing business priorities enables organizations to execute to their fullest potential. However, many organizations fail to effectively communicate strategy and performance expectations to their workforce, resulting in misalignment, wasted time and resources, and lowered productivity. Even those that do set and align goals often do so just once a year, hampering the organization's ability to execute against new business objectives. [. . . ] Owners of the initiative can cascade relevant goals to the membership and monitor the progress of both the initiative and the supporting goals. Social processes such as chat and community discussions are embedded in the process as well, ensuring an engaging process for your workforce. Flexibility to allow for course changes: Agility is critical to achieve success. Goal management and performance planning processes must be flexible and allow for frequent course corrections not only in the goals themselves, but also with the associated skills, tasks and learning actions. With Saba, you can define and track progress toward goals in real time, refocus attention on new and existing initiatives and make the course corrections you need in today's dynamic economic environment. Communicate Metrics for Success Saba Goals & Objectives enables clear definition of priorities with embedded metrics and development actions and activities. With Saba's innovative "My Success Plan, " individuals see and track all activities (such as goals, skill requirements, and learning assignments) required for successful performance through a single dashboard. Activities can be categorized, weighted, and updated throughout the performance period to further clarify expectations. At the end of the performance period, these plans can directly populate the individual's performance review, so that the agreed-upon priorities drive the measurement of success. This process ensures a more relevant, engaging performance process that helps drive performance, retention, and alignment. My Success Plan also brings the concept of integrated learning and performance management to an entirely new level. When Saba Learning Suite is enabled, this solution becomes even more powerful by providing a fully unified view of performance and development activities including goals, competencies, courses, certifications, and curricula. Most importantly, My Success Plan was designed with process governance in mind. Multiple plan configurations and workflow choices are supported, and each organization, geography, or business unit can define the process that best drives success in their organization. [. . . ] By combining learning, people management and collaboration technologies, Saba delivers solutions that help mobilize and engage people to drive new strategies and initiatives, align and connect people to accelerate the flow of business, and cultivate individual and collective knowhow to achieve exceptional results. © 2010 Saba Software, Inc. Saba, the Saba logo, Saba Centra, and the marks relating to Saba products and services referenced herein are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Saba Software, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Saba 2400 Bridge Parkway, Redwood Shores, CA 94065-1166 USA (+1) 877. SABA. 101 or (+1) 650. 779. 2791 www. saba. com perform-ds04_08/10 [. . . ]