achievement

(noun)

The act of performing, obtaining, or accomplishing.

Related Terms

  • they may takrwetgwtge a zero-sum approach to group work—for one person to win, or succeed, another must lose, or fail.
  • feedback
  • affiliation
  • zero-sum
  • need

Examples of achievement in the following topics:

  • The Importance of Performance Targets

    • Performance standards motivate employees and management to use their time efficiently by setting achievable objectives.
    • Managerial effectiveness is often assessed on the ability to achieve performance targets.
    • For the employee to achieve them, objectives should be clear and simple to understand.
    • Goal setting means establishing what a person or an organization wants to achieve.
    • It aims to design goals that are specific, measurable, achievable, realistic, and time-targeted (SMART).
  • Criteria to Evaluate Ends and Means

    • At another level, the choices of means to achieve a given end may appear to be based on efficiency.
    • Ethics is the study of the process by which an objective (and/or the means used) is judged "right or wrong. " Efficiency is a measure of the extent to which an objective is achieved.
    • Efficiency can only be used to evaluate the means used to achieve a goal or end.
    • An immoral objective can be achieved "efficiently. " Nazi Germany sought "efficient" means to achieve the annihilation of an ethnic group.
  • Tracking and Within-School Effects

    • Supporters of tracking argue that it allows for higher achievement of high-ability students.
    • Supporters of tracking also note that it allows for higher achievement of high-ability students.
    • In other words, tracking can promote even higher achievement among high-achieving students, but it does little to improve the achievement of lower achieving students.
    • As opposed to tracking, students are no longer placed in groups based upon academic achievement or ability.
    • Critics argue that tracking can promote even higher achievement among high-achieving students, but it does little to improve the achievement of lower achieving students.
  • Teachers' Expectations

    • Teachers' perception of students' knowledge and abilities influences classroom processes and student achievement.
    • How teachers perceive students' knowledge and abilities influences classroom processes and student achievement.
    • In other words, when teachers believe students will be high achievers, those students achieve more; conversely, when teachers believe students will be low achievers, those students tend to achieve less.
    • Teachers' expectations may also be gendered, perhaps explaining some of the gender achievement gap.
    • Therefore, these stereotypes can influence student achievement in these areas.
  • Open vs. Closed Stratification Systems

    • In an open class system, people are ranked by achieved status, whereas in a closed class system, people are ranked by ascribed status.
    • President Barack Obama was born to a family without wealth and faced racial discrimination, but achieved the highest office in the country as a result of his personal achievements.
    • In an open class system, the hierarchical social status of a person is achieved through their effort.
    • Achieved status is a position gained based on merit or achievement (used in an open system).
    • Social mobility is much more frequent in countries that use achievement as the basis for status.
  • Gamification in Education

    • Gamification is a technique intended to leverage inclinations toward competition, achievement, status, and self-expression.
    • Gamification techniques are used to leverage natural desires for competition, achievement, status, self-expression, altruism, and closure.
    • Types of rewards include points, achievement badges or levels, the filling of a progress bar, and virtual currency.
  • Productive Efficiency

    • Productive efficiency occurs when production of a good is achieved at the lowest resource cost possible, given the level of production of other goods.
    • The concept is illustrated on a production possibility frontier (PPF) where all points on the curve are points of maximum productive efficiency (i.e., no more output can be achieved from the given inputs).
    • Production efficiency occurs when production of one good is achieved at the lowest resource (input) cost possible, given the level of production of the other good(s).
    • So, consumers may pay less with a monopoly, but a monopolistic market would not achieve productive efficiency.
  • McClelland's Need Theory

    • David McClelland describes three central motivational paradigms: achievement, affiliation and power.
    • Psychologist David McClelland developed Need Theory, a motivational model that attempts to explain how the needs for achievement, power (authority), and affiliation affect people's actions in a management context.
    • People who are strongly achievement-motivated are driven by the desire for mastery.
    • He also believes that although individuals with a need for achievement can make good managers, they are not generally suited to being in top management positions.
  • Advantages of Teamwork

    • The primary benefit of teamwork is that it allows an organization to achieve something that an individual working alone cannot.
    • Such support can encourage people to achieve goals they may not have had the confidence to have reached on their own.
    • Greater sense of accomplishment: When members of a team collaborate and take collective responsibility for outcomes, they can feel a greater sense of accomplishment when they achieve a goal they could not have achieved if they had worked by themselves.
    • While we might consider simply achieving a goal a benefit of teamwork, by taking advantage of what teamwork has to offer, an organization can gain a broader set of benefits.
  • The Importance of Motivation

    • Motivating employees can lead to increased productivity and allow an organization to achieve higher levels of output.
    • However, it is widely accepted that motivated employees generate higher value and lead to more substantial levels of achievement.
    • The management of motivation is therefore a critical element of success in any business; with an increase in productivity, an organization can achieve higher levels of output.
    • Herzberg's theory emphasizes that while salary is enough to avoid dissatisfaction, it is not necessarily enough to propel employees to increase their productivity and achievement.
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