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  2. Effectiveness - Wikipedia

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    Effectiveness or effectivity [1] is the capability of producing a desired result or the ability to produce desired output. When something is deemed effective , it means it has an intended or expected outcome, or produces a deep, vivid impression.

  3. Intention - Wikipedia

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    Direct intent refers to the desire to bring about a specific outcome. Indirect intent is about an almost certain outcome of an action that the agent is aware of but does not actively want. For example, if Ben intends to murder Ann with a stone by throwing it at her through a closed window then murdering Ann is a direct intent while breaking the ...

  4. Gap analysis - Wikipedia

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    Identify the existing outcome: we can manage to catch 20 fish per day; Identify the desired outcome: we want to catch 100 fish per day; Identify and document the gap: it is a difference of 80 fish; Identify the process to achieve the desired outcome: we can use an alternative method such as using a fishing net

  5. Control (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Perceived control in psychology is a "person's belief that [they are] capable of obtaining desired outcomes, avoiding undesired outcomes, and achieving goals." High perceived control is often associated with better health, relationships, and adjustment. Strategies for restoring perceived control are called 'compensatory control strategies'. [1]

  6. Goal - Wikipedia

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    The second phase is the planning phase, in which the individual will decide which set of behaviors are at their disposal and will allow them to best reach their desired end-state or goal. [ 8 ] : 342–348

  7. Business triage - Wikipedia

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    Business triage involves categorizing desired outcomes and goals and the processes that support them based on their relative importance to achieving a stated measurable goal or outcome. Using the same triage categories employed by military medical and disaster medical services, business processes are categorized as essential/critical (red ...

  8. Backward design - Wikipedia

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    Ralph W. Tyler introduced the idea of "backward design" (without using this particular term) in 1949 when referring to a statement of objectives.A statement of objectives is used to indicate the kinds of changes in the student to be brought about so that instructional activities can be planned and developed in a way likely to attain these objectives.

  9. Voluntary action - Wikipedia

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    For example, operant psychology uses the term to refer to the actions that are modifiable by their consequences. A more cognitive account may refer to voluntary action as involving the identification of a desired outcome together with the action necessary to achieve that outcome. Voluntary action is often associated with consciousness and will.