Aims and Objectives
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The objective of this essay is to demonstrate a knowledge of how to light a fire.
I aim to achieve that by describing how to gather tinder, and use a flint and steel.
I aim to achieve that by describing how to gather tinder, and use a flint and steel.
Your aim is to be an Archaeologist. To achieve that your objective has to be obtaining your degree.
The Objective is a specific result, generally within a specific timeframe, or a basic component of the wider plan. The Aim is the overall purpose of the Objective/s.
The objective is 'fact'; something that must be done to fulfill the aim.
The Objective is to take out a bridge and deny the enemy the use of it. The Aim is to win the war.
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The Objective is a specific result, generally within a specific timeframe, or a basic component of the wider plan. The Aim is the overall purpose of the Objective/s.
The objective is 'fact'; something that must be done to fulfill the aim.
The Objective is to take out a bridge and deny the enemy the use of it. The Aim is to win the war.
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I kind of figure the aim is the direction you want to go and the objectives are the steps you need to take to get there.
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Your objective is to be an Archaeologist. To achieve that your aim has to be obtaining your degree.
"Aims are statements of intent. They are usually written in broad terms. They set out what you hope to achieve at the end of the project.
Objectives, on the other hand, should be specific statements that define measurable outcomes, e.g. what steps will be taken to achieve the desired outcome."
It's all a bit vague, really, ie getting a job as an archaeologist is just as measurable as getting an archaeology degree.
If you aim to become a professional - that is suitably vague, while getting a degree, one route, is more specific.
I do like this from TeeDee: "Aim is what you take to hit the Objective."
Objectives, on the other hand, should be specific statements that define measurable outcomes, e.g. what steps will be taken to achieve the desired outcome."
It's all a bit vague, really, ie getting a job as an archaeologist is just as measurable as getting an archaeology degree.
If you aim to become a professional - that is suitably vague, while getting a degree, one route, is more specific.
I do like this from TeeDee: "Aim is what you take to hit the Objective."
Yeah, but to be an 'Archaeologist' isn't dependent on having a job, iimmc. Indeed most archaeology graduates don't work in the industry at all.
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Pretty much
TD…..no, that's at the heart of Tengu's question.
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No , I meant from your example - but I'm not the sharpest potato peeler in the drawer - just seemed to me your example , the two could be used equally. I understand Tengu is looking for 'More'.
Ah, I ought to have been clearer then
The objective is what you are working on, the active 'chore', the matter at hand. The aim is a wider, or further ahead, concept.
It's the blooming English language again. Aim is both the action of targeting as well as a final intention.
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Oddly, I would say that being an archaeologist is not necessarily the same as being employed as one. By now surely dirt should have been between the fingernails and a trowelling action developed? Then you are an archaeologist be one never so humble. The more you do it of course the nearer you are to being employed as one. Friend of mine was an extremely keen digger and so useful on excavations that he was invited to join teams excavating abroad and all over this country. Retired from a University appointment a few years ago and to this day I am not sure if he ever took a degree and I have never liked to ask. I know of at least one experimental archaeologist who came into it through his practical skills but he has now a doctorate.
It's the degree bit Boatman. That was/is Tengu's intent.
The digging bit ? no, you're spot on. Many of the best 'archaeologists' are amateurs
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The digging bit ? no, you're spot on. Many of the best 'archaeologists' are amateurs
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