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what is a definition of aims and objectives in business

Expanation of SMART OBJECTIVES ie acieveable,measurable.

EXPANATION of how aim and objectives differ between sectors ie private public,not for profit and volutary organisations.

Explain the purpose of businesses and show how aims and objectives enable the business to achieve its purpose

please help thanks

Everything we do should have an Objective or Target
If you played football and the goalposts were removed before hand you might start off enthusiastically but you would soon slow down with nothing to aim at.Same in the business world that is why there are so many sports references in a sales environment.

Objectives should be SMART
S=Specific to keep you focused on what you are trying to do
M= Measurable to determine how well or not so well you are performing
A=Achievable so you can celebrate your success(very important)
R= Realistic because there is no point in trying to kid yourself
T= Timebound also very important if you take the football match that had no goals initially, if the goalposts turned up and to compensate the ref said that he would not blow the full time whistle, you would start off with lots of energy but would run out of steam , so everything we do should have a goal to aim at and set time in which to achieve it.You then have something to analyse

Analysis should be a four part question
1 Where are we
2 Where should we be
3 What is the difference
4 How do we make up the shortfall or how do we keep the positive result going

This should be the same for all sectors private public ,not for profit and voluntary (you will get objections from these last two sectors because profit is a dirty word but you cannot play any game for a draw i.e. make no surplus profit you have got to do your best and analyse the result by using the four questions

launch a new business?

To think and jot down all possibilities and keeping all these informations secret.

Think of your information systems as a provider of Information Solutions. A good information system coupled with a good support department should deliver invaluable services to your business. It should also help automate routine tasks and capture productivity metrics, thus helping you increase your productivity.

Name recognition, advertising, association with the thing they are sponsoring, sales.

Many sponsors sell stuff at events like a beer company may sponsor the event but they sure do not want you selling a competitive product.

Apple, Mac, Jobs, Microsoft, Computers

I don't know what their business objectives are, but I'm pretty sure they're meeting them.