Deadlines Meeting Challenge in Leaders
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https://doi.org/10.47672/ajlg.1701Keywords:
Deadlines; Organizational Leadership; Goal Attainment, Task Accomplishment; PerformanceAbstract
Purpose: This paper looks at the concept of deadlines meeting challenges by leaders and how this problem affects performance and goal attainment in organizations. Deadlines may be defined as prescribed or expected timelines for task accomplishment and submission. It forms a framework within which a task or assignment should be performed so as to succeed in goal attainment. The paper focuses on why deadline meeting has become such a huge challenge to leaders in organizations and the challenges this problem poses to performance in work places.
Materials and Methods: It was assumed in this presentation that there seems to be no proper connectivity and meaningful engagement between those who make task deadlines and those who are expected to carry out tasks and meet deadlines.
Findings: The paper will then proceed to suggest best practices in dealing with deadlines so as to promote goal attainment.
Implications to Theory, Practice and Policy: The paper concludes that lack of proper task accomplishment systems and implementation of best deadlines meeting practices are the major causes of failure to meet deadlines by most organizational leadership.
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