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|style="padding: 10px" | '''Role''' | |style="padding: 10px" | '''Role''' | ||
|Defines where a person or entity fits into the overall scope of things.<br>The position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society, or relationship.<br>For example, a carpenter is the | |Defines where a person or entity fits into the overall scope of things.<br>The position or purpose that someone or something has in a situation, organization, society, or relationship.<br>For example, a carpenter's role is to use the hammer and build furniture. The hammer (i.e., tool) operates under the carpenter but ahead of the nails. The function of the hammer is described below.<br>In the context of organizations, defining the roles of team members helps keep everyone organized, knowing who will be responsible for what tasks. | ||
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|style="padding: 10px" |'''Function''' | |style="padding: 10px" |'''Function''' | ||
|The kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution.<br>The purpose for which something is designed or exists.<br>For example, the function of a tool is the tasks that a particular role is assigned to accomplish. A hammer is a tool. To describe the function of a hammer, though, a hammer drives nails, removes nails, and generally hits other lesser tools really, really hard. In the context of an organization, to describe say the function of a Project Manager (this is a role) we look at the list of the tasks this role is/will be doing. These tasks form the function of a particular role. | |The kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution.<br>The purpose for which something is designed or exists.<br>For example, the function of a tool is the tasks that a particular role is assigned to accomplish. A hammer is a tool. To describe the function of a hammer, though, a hammer drives nails, removes nails, and generally hits other lesser tools really, really hard.<br>In the context of an organization, to describe say the function of a Project Manager (this is a role) we look at the list of the tasks this role is/will be doing. These tasks form the function of a particular role. | ||
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===Intention | ===Distinctions between Intention, Aim, Goal, Objective and Target === | ||
Intention and Aim are often used interchangeably; they mean the <u>thing you plan to do or achieve</u>.<br>Intent generally refers to the mental objective behind an action.<br> | |||
The concept of intent is often the focal point of Criminal Law. | |||
A <u>goal is an outcome we want to achieve</u>, while an <u>objective is a specific and measurable action that can be reached in a short amount of time</u>, often related to a goal.<br> | |||
A goal is long-term, so it's something we work towards.<br> | |||
Our goals may thus be some way off in the future and thus take time to achieve, even years in some cases!<br> | |||
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|style="padding: 10px" | '''Aim''' | |||
|The thing we plan to do or achieve.<br>A purpose or the desired outcome.<br> In the context of an organization that would overlap with the vision. | |||
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|style="padding: 10px" | '''Goal''' | |||
|An <u>indicator</u> established to determine whether we have achieved your objective.<br>A goal is long-term, so it's something we work towards. | |||
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|style="padding: 10px" |'''Objective''' | |||
|specific and <u>measurable action</u> that can be reached in a short amount of time, often related to a goal. | |||
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|style="padding: 10px" |'''Target''' | |||
|The specific desired outcomes. The <u>exact result of what we want to get</u>.<br> A Target is <u>tangible and concrete</u>. | |||
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The main difference between intention and goal is that intentions are vague and broad, while goals are more specific.<br> | The main difference between intention and goal is that intentions are vague and broad, while goals are more specific.<br> | ||
Goals involve the expectations, actions, and results of what we want to achieve.<br> | Goals involve the expectations, actions, and results of what we want to achieve.<br> |