...No matter who you are or where you have come from, you have undoubtedly heard of the American Dream. The idea that no matter who you are or where you have come from, you can do whatever it is you desire in America. What was once one the main driving forces for immigrants to flock to the new world, has slowly changed over the years, but still holds its value in the eyes of those who are looking for a promising new place to live. The American dream might not hold the same awe inspiring sound that it once did, but for many generations before ours, it was a beacon of hope that helped build the foundation that the United States was built on. And still today the American dream might not be as achievable as it once was, but it is still an important symbol to the American ideology....
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...Mathematicians have the concept of rigorous proof, which leads to knowing something with complete certainty. Consider the extent to which complete certainty might be achievable in mathematics and at least one another area of knowledge. When we look at it at first mathematics and history seems to be two areas of knowledge where proof leads to absolute certainity on the subject. A large proportion of people believe that in history that if there is an evidence based on a claim , whether big or small, then the claim is true. But the actual thing is if there is a proof based on a claim it gives us an idea about the claim and the rest we will have to figure out with our own perception and reasoning skills. Mathematics is comparatively free of all other ways of knowing other than reasoning. Certainty in mathematics need not always be achieved through proof. Consider the case of axioms. Consider the axiom which suggests that things that are equal to same thing are equal to one another. There is actually no formal proof which backs up this axiom or any other axiom. It is just right under your nose. Although it is said rigorous proof leads to complete certainty in mathematics, as we look more deep into the areas of knowledge the level of uncertainity increases. Proof in mathematics is completely different from proof in history. The definition of proof differs in both the contexts. In mathematics proof, refers to a multitude of theorems and definitions...
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...tips for ensuring that your objectives are SMART: ! SPECIFIC Specific – states exactly what you need to achieve Measurable – includes a quality or quantity measure Achievable – You have the resources, time, opportunity and support to succeed Realistic – can be challenging but must be achievable and relevant to your role Time bound – with a clear end date or timescale Objectives should clearly state what you are expected to achieve, using action verbs to describe what has to be done. For example: • Not specific: Encourage more people to join the Sports Centre • Specific: Increase membership of the Sports Centre • Not specific: Conduct research • Specific: Formulate plans for research on topic X ! MEASURABLE Objectives should include a quality and/or quantity reference so that you can measure whether or not you have achieved them. For example: • Not measurable: Increase membership of the Sports Centre • Measurable: Increase membership of the Sports Centre by 10% • Not measurable: Formulate plans for research on topic X • Measurable: Formulate plans for research on topic X and submit grant application to X Research Council. Where there are not identifiable quality/quantity references, eg. for objectives addressing behaviour, then it must be decided how progress towards outcome is to be determined. ACHIEVABLE The resources, time, opportunity and support to successfully complete the objective must be considered and potential blocks to success dealt with as far as possible...
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...Measurable Measurable is that McDonald’s know if the goal is achievable and how long will they take to complete it and when will it has been achieved. Measurable goals that set by McDonald’s is that they rolled out the project MMCVV, they need to know that how long will this project make returns to them, how much of returns they will get, how much they need to spend on the raw materials and so on. Measuring progress should help a group keep focused, achieve its targets dates and experience the invigoration of accomplishment that goads it on to proceeded with exertion needed to achieve the ultimate goal. Achievable Achievable is the criterion that stresses the important of goals that are achievable and also realistic. When you identified the goals that are most essential to you, you start to make mays you can make them work out as expected. You develop the attitudes, abilities, skills and financial capacity to reach them. An achievable goal help to answer the question how can the goal be achieve and how realistic is the goal based on other...
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...What type of goals will you address in this essay? #2 Academic Goals Paragraph *There will be at least 9 sentences in this paragraph. Short Term Academic Goal: What is your SMART goal? How is the goal achievable? What will the process be to complete this goal? How will you know that you have accomplished this goal? Long Term Academic Goal: What is your SMART goal? How is the goal achievable? What will the process be to complete this goal? How will you know that you have accomplished this goal? Transition: How will your academic goals help you post-high school? #3 Career Goals Paragraph *There will be at least 9 sentences in this paragraph. Short Term Career Goal: What is SMART goal? How is the goal achievable? What will the process be to complete this goal? How will you know that you have accomplished this goal? Long Term Career Goal: What is SMART goal? How is the goal achievable? What will the process be to complete this goal? How will you know that you have accomplished this goal? Transition: How will your career goals help guide your plans post-high school? #4 Personal Goals Paragraph *There will be at least 9 sentences in this paragraph. Short Term Personal Goal: What is SMART goal? How is the goal achievable? What will the process be to complete this goal? How will you know that you...
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...In discussing and evaluating Alice’s goals, I will use the SMART planning model in the form of answering and evaluating her goals to see how achievable the goals are. a) Pay off student loan Specific: Alice has to pay off her student loan of $ 53,000. She is paying $7,720 annually. Measurable: At the end of the year she has to make a total payment of $7,720. Achievable: It is possible for her to make this payment since she does this from her income. Results: She has to pay back this loan in order that she will have sufficient disposable income that can be saved to acquire assets Time: Paying $7,720 annually will mean she will complete the student loan in a little after 6 years. b) Buy a house and save for children’s education Specific: Alice needs to buy a house and save for her children’s education Measurable: Presently she saves $400 annually. Saving this amount annually cannot enable her to buy a house and save money for her children’s education. It will be difficult to accomplish this goal. She will have to have more income to accomplish this goal. Achievable: It will be possible for her to buy a house and save for the education of her children if she increases her income. Alice is already paying her student loan, and when she finishes payment, she will have more income to save for education and buy a house. Saving enough money for her children’s education will what Alice has to look into seriously as she will need more income to do that. Results:...
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...that require students to demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and strategies by creating a response or a product (Rudner & Boston, 1994; Wiggins, 1989) Performance assessment taps into students’ higher-order thinking skills, such as evaluating the reliability of sources of information, synthesizing information to draw conclusions, or using deductive/inductive reasoning to solve a problem. Performance assessment typically is evaluated using rubrics. 2. ACHIEVABLE- If it is achievable, it can be done. When setting goals for yourself it is critical that you honestly assess whether or not they are achievable, otherwise you are doomed to failure. If you achieve something, it must have been achievable. Things that are considered achievements usually require some dedication, skill, perseverance or intelligence. Things that may or may not be achievable, or possible, include solving global warming and world hunger. If you want to fly to the Sun on homemade wings, check with Icarus on whether or not that’s achievable. 3. TECHNICAL QUALITY- the degree to which the physically measurable attributes of procedures in dental care meet professionally acceptable standards. 5 ASPECTS OF PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENT CLEAR TARGETS- are the instruction for teachers and...
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...and medium-term learning goals.” 1. What is your long-term goal? Define it using SMART S = Specific: complete the 7 peaks challenge both lists M = Measurable: all 9 peaks in 10 years A = Achievable: I believe it is achievable as I have good climbing skills and enough time to complete R = Resourced/Relevant: I have resourced all gear and training required. I also know how to live off the land to reduce costs. Travel costs are the biggest cost involved T = Time Based: I have 10 years to complete and if required I can extend the time frame to suit myself. 2. What is your long-term goal? Define it using SMART S = Specific: complete the 7 peaks challenge both lists M = Measurable: all 9 peaks in 10 years A = Achievable: I believe it is achievable as I have good climbing skills and enough time to complete R = Resourced/Relevant: I have resourced all gear and training required. I also know how to live off the land to reduce costs. Travel costs are the biggest cost involved T = Time Based: I have 10 years to complete and if required I can extend the time frame to suit myself. 2. Understand what will cause it to be achieved. Break down these causes and identify what will enable these to happen. Ensure every listed item can be tracked back to achievable enabling factors - in terms of size and time. Each mountain and its position on my list is down to 2 factors logistics and physical demands required to complete but Everest is the last to be climbed...
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...that require students to demonstrate their knowledge, skills, and strategies by creating a response or a product (Rudner & Boston, 1994; Wiggins, 1989) Performance assessment taps into students’ higher-order thinking skills, such as evaluating the reliability of sources of information, synthesizing information to draw conclusions, or using deductive/inductive reasoning to solve a problem. Performance assessment typically is evaluated using rubrics. 2. ACHIEVABLE- If it is achievable, it can be done. When setting goals for yourself it is critical that you honestly assess whether or not they are achievable, otherwise you are doomed to failure. If you achieve something, it must have been achievable. Things that are considered achievements usually require some dedication, skill, perseverance or intelligence. Things that may or may not be achievable, or possible, include solving global warming and world hunger. If you want to fly to the Sun on homemade wings, check with Icarus on whether or not that’s achievable. 3. TECHNICAL QUALITY- the degree to which the physically measurable attributes of procedures in dental care meet professionally acceptable standards. 5 ASPECTS OF PERFORMANCE-BASED ASSESSMENT CLEAR TARGETS- are the instruction for teachers and...
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...assumptions based on the management’s experience, knowledge, and judgment.” From this definition we can understand the basic concept of forecasting is when estimates are not necessarily achievable or realistic. It is also important that we understand the meaning of budgeting. This term is defined as “an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.” The definition of budgeting helps us to understand that it is similar to forecasting because it determines an estimate for the future. A budgeting estimate is both obtainable and achievable unlike forecasting. Now that we understand the meanings of both budgeting and forecasting it is important that we understand what real life examples would look like which will help us to determine the differences. An example of budgeting would be if a corporation wanted to know what quantity of a specific item needed to be sold at a certain price. For example if the organization was selling computer keyboard for twenty dollars per item and the goal was to sell ten thousand of these units, in financial terms the corporation would be looking at a budget of two hundred thousand. When a corporation is planning to make a budget they first need to rely on forecasting. This is the very first step & if goals seem achievable through forecasting than a budget is created. A real life example would be if the company known as “Apple” forecasted that...
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...serve good food in a friendly and fun environment, to be a socially responsible company and provide good returns to our shareholders. The company aims to provide its customers with food of a high standard. This is from: http://www.ask.com/questions-about/McDonalds-Objectives Aims and objectives of coca cola are... The aim and objective of Coca-Cola Enterprises is to be the best beverage sales and customer Service Company. To us 'best' means being the number one or second brand in every category in which we compete, being our customers most valued supplier and establishing a winning and inclusive culture. This is from: http://www.letsgettogether.co.uk/DetailQuestionAnswer/QuestionID=197 S.M.A.R.T S - Strategic. M - Measurable. A - Achievable. R - Realistic. T - Time related....
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...when you submit both surveys. Let me stress that there is no wrong answer and there will be no penalties – even if your motivation is zero. I hope that better understanding your motivation might make me a better instructor. Thank you. Survey Expectancy × Value = Motivation How achievable is the + From your perspective, How useful will + How interesting goal you set for this how good are you at this course be for is this course to you? course? the study of chemistry? your future? 5 5 2 2 54 54 + + 4 4 4 4 + + × × = = Rank (0-5) Rank (0-5) Rank (0-5) Rank (0-5) 0: not at all achievable 0: not at all good 0: not at all useful 0: not at all interesting 5: very achievable 5: I think I will be very 5: I think it will be 5: very...
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...Human Resource Management Training Proposal Connie Hazley Professor Renita Ellis Health Care Human Resource Management HAS – 320 February 24, 2014 Human Resource Management Training Proposal Human Resource (HR) planning is an important factor of strategic HR management. Human resource management is the process of determining the needs of the company. According to Harris (2005) the strategic plan of the organization is directly linked to HR management. In order for the company to run smoothly human resource management has the responsibility of making sure there is a balance of the cost of operation of the plant and workforce and establishment of industrial relations in the organization. According to Johnston (1996) the planning process has four steps, depending on the organization and the type of plan the company will implement; the first step of the planning process is to consider the existing HR capabilities of the organization. There should be a clear understanding of the skills, knowledge and abilities of current employees. The second step is forecasting, which involves setting attainable goals and getting the right people for the job with the rights skills for the required number of positions. The third step is gap analysis, which basically determines the organization current position to where the company would like to be in the future. The fourth step is developing HR strategies to support organizational strategies such as training, select and recruitment. Recruitment...
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...high-level, it may take more than one objective to achieve. It may take many objectives over a long period of time to achieve the goal. Generally, non-measurable: If you can measure the achievement of your goal, it is probably at too low a level and is probably more of an objective. If your goal is not achievable through any combination of objectives, it is probably written at too high a level. It may instead be a vision statement, which is a higher level statement showing direction and aspiration, but which may never actually be achieved. Objectives Objectives are concrete statements describing what the project is trying to achieve. The objective should be written at a lower level, so that it can be evaluated at the conclusion of a goal to see whether it was achieved or not. Goal statements are designed to be vague. Objectives should not be vague. A well-worded objective will be Specific, Measurable, Attainable/Achievable, Realistic and Time-bound (SMART). • Note that the objective is much more concrete and specific than the goal statement. • The objective is measurable in terms cost, speed, quantity and / or quality. • We must assume that the objective is achievable and realistic. • The objective is...
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...Evidence Based Business Report – Goal Setting, Goal Achievement Plan & Success Criteria EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This report is discussing how to set goals and how to achieve these goals by planning and also by using a timetable for it, the method that been used is SMART goals setting method which is the goal has to be Specific, measureable, achievable, relevant and time bounded, it is also discuss the ‘three step to success’ method which explain the steps that any student can do to achieve a successful performance in a certain task. This report also contains three MBA related goals which applicable to those two methods that we mentioned, and in addition to these goals we provided a timetable and a three success criteria to achieve these goals. TABLE OF CONTENT Executive Summary …………………………………………………………………………..2 I. Introduction ……………………………………………………………………… 4 II. Goal setting theory ...…………………………………………………………....... 4 III. Developing SMART goals ………..…………...………………………………... 5 IV. Three steps to success …………………………………………………………….. 6 V. Conclusion…………………………………..…………………………………… 7 Appendix ………………………………………………………………………………… 8 Reference List ……………………………………………………………………...…. 9 I. Introduction So many people may wonder, what is a goal? , Lee (2010, p.744) said that a goal is a desired target or an aim, such a definition may make the people wonder the differences between having a dream and having a certain goal, that is why she also defined a goal as a dream...
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