GOAL SETTING AS A MOTIVATOR
Willard C. Butcher, one-time President of the Chase Manhattan Bank made these comments on stricter bureaucratic regulations: I would like to see our government adopt a goals-oriented approach to regulation. Instead of telling us how to do things, tell us what it wants accomplished. In the 18th century B. C. Babylonian King Hammurabi had a simple building regulation that if a house collapsed and killed the occupant, the builder would be executed. While this may be a bit harsh by today’s standards, the law rightfully set goals rather than the means of reaching them.
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