Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Psychology - Work, Business, Organisation, grade: 1, London Metropolitan University, language: English, abstract: The following essay will discuss goal setting as a part of motivation at work. It will talk about the goal setting theory and will elaborate on what impact it has within an organization. This was partly achieved by interviewing the founder of a HR consultancy in London and seeing how goal setting is applied within this specific firm. This essay argues that goal setting can have both positive and negative effects on organizations.