The aims and purpose of history can be evaluated through the study of historians and their audiences. The differing methods of collecting and using sources and evidence has caused countless debates between historians and other academics from Herodotus‚ the ’Father of History’ to G.R Elton and his views on objective truth. Similarly Stuart Macintyre’s "The Historian’s Conscience" debates and discusses the issues surrounding evidence‚ time and motives of historians. The aim of history according to
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Objectives of COMESA COMESA was established in 1994 to replace the Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern Africa (PTA)‚ which had been in existence since 1981. The PTA was established within the framework of the OAU’s Lagos Plan of Action (LPA) and the Final Act of Lagos (FAL). Both the LPA and the FAL envisaged an evolutionary process in the economic integration of the continent in which regional economic communities would constitute building blocks upon which the creation of an African
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SMART OBJECTIVES Goal setting is something most of us recognize as necessary for our success. The establishment of all objectives should be created using the S.M.A.R.T. philosophy. What is meant by S.M.A.R.T. objective? S.M.A.R.T. is an acronym that is used to guide the development of measurable goals. Each objective should be: Specific‚ Measurable‚ Achievable‚ Realistic and Timely SPECIFIC It answers the questions "What is to be done?" "How will you know it is done?" and describes
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the management of people/staff in order for them to make contributions to the objectives of the organisation. “HRM is the body of management activities and used in this way HRM is really no more than a more modern and supposedly imposing name for what has long been labelled personnel management” (Torrington et al‚ 2009). The best way to describe HRM is to look at what it aims to achieve i.e. its four key objectives: 1) Staffing – includes recruiting staff‚ up-skilling of staff and training and
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client need‚ therapeutic context and aims and objectives of the therapy. Psychotherapists will be educated in various different models and whether they are approaching a client through the concept of observing external behaviours‚ the Behaviourist approach for example in which a therapist will look to condition new behaviours‚ or through the idea of internal behaviour‚ such as the Psychodynamic approach and believing the unconscious needs to be divulged‚ the aim of all approaches is to enable the
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Why are objectives so important and how do we define and refine them? Objectives can be defined as a mission‚ purpose‚ or standard that can be reasonably achieved within the expected timeframe and with the available resources. In general‚ an objective is broader in scope than a goal‚ and may comprise of several different goals. Objectives are the most basic planning tools underlying all planning and strategic activities. They serve as the basis for policy and performance appraisals‚ and act as
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Sainsbury Plc AIMS AND OBJECTIVES The company aim is to provide a world class service to customers by incorporating quality principles with our everyday routine. OBJECTIVES The company’s objective is to discharge the responsibility as leaders in its trade by acting with complete integrity‚ by carrying out its work to the public good and to the quality of life in the community‚ to provide unrivalled value to its customers in the quality of the goods it sells‚ in the competitiveness of its prices
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Management by Objectives Motivating employees seems to be a challenge for managers - Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the MBO program and provide at least one example to support your discussion. Goal-Setting Theories have evolved since the 50s and have an impressive documented literature. The Goal-Setting Theory addresses the issues that goal specificity‚ challenge‚ and feedback have on performance (Robbins‚ 2009‚ p185). Setting goals and motivating employees are always an important
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What are the main objectives and methods of privatisation? This essay will look at the main objectives and methods of privatisation‚ it will begin with the brief history of privatisation and how it came about‚ it will then move onto what privatisation really is by defining it‚ having done so it will look at the general objectives of privatisation and after this it will move onto the general methods of privatisation‚ having gone through this it will move onto a case of privatisation in the UK from
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MANAGEMENT BY OBJECTIVES Management By Objectives (MBO)‚ was first introduced by Peter Drucker in 1954 in his book‚ The Practice of Management. By 1960s and 1970s‚ MBO became the no 1 buzzword of management practices and some form of a panacea for management ills. Most importantly‚ MBO has‚ for the first time‚ introduced significant changes to the command-control top down management system practiced at that time. Not that the Command & Control company system did not have any goals and objectives. It
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