{
  "title": "Prioritising: what happens when objectives compete?",
  "url": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog/prioriser-quand-les-objectifs-se-concurrencent-en",
  "language": "en",
  "datePublished": "2026-06-29",
  "publisher": {
    "name": "SHR — Swiss Human Resources",
    "url": "https://www.shr.swiss",
    "address": "Esplanade de Pont-Rouge 9A, 1212 Lancy, Suisse"
  },
  "summary": "A well-managed diary does not resolve conflicting objectives. Research suggests distinguishing individual focus from managerial decisions about trade-offs.",
  "section": "Research",
  "topic": "Time Management & Prioritisation",
  "place": {
    "name": "Geneva",
    "region": "Genève",
    "country": "CH"
  },
  "keyPoints": [
    {
      "heading": "What the literature establishes",
      "point": "Edwin A."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Focusing also makes some alternatives less accessible",
      "point": "James Y."
    },
    {
      "heading": "The premature conclusion",
      "point": "One might conclude that all a manager needs to do is set a dominant goal and put everything else aside."
    },
    {
      "heading": "What ranking tasks does not resolve",
      "point": "The review of goal-setting research offers no universal formula for allocating time between competing requirements, and the experiments on goal shielding do not directly measure trade-offs in a Geneva business."
    },
    {
      "heading": "A practical check in Genève",
      "point": "As part of SHR's « Gestion du temps & priorisation » programme, one exercise involves recording the goal conflicts reported within a team over two weeks: responsiveness and compliance in private banking, stakeholder requests and available capacity in international organisations, production pace and quality in luxury watchmaking, and execution speed and risk control in commodity trading."
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "authors": "Latham",
      "year": "2002",
      "source": "American Psychologist"
    },
    {
      "authors": "Kruglanski",
      "year": "2002",
      "source": "Journal of Personality and Social Psychology"
    }
  ],
  "wordCount": 437,
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  "relatedPages": {
    "programme": "https://www.shr.swiss/formation/gestion-du-temps/geneve",
    "city": "https://www.shr.swiss/formations-ville/geneve",
    "blog": "https://www.shr.swiss/blog"
  },
  "citationPolicy": "Citation autorisée avec mention « SHR — Swiss Human Resources » et lien vers l'article."
}