For Goal we have terms and definitions in 23 topics. The topics are Accounting, Advocacy, Field Hockey, Finance, Football, Fundraising, Grantmaking, Ice Hockey, Medical Education, Non-Profit Accountability, Non-Profit Governance, Non-Profit Leadership, Non-Profit Marketing, Organizational Capacity, Pirate, Public Relations, Rugby, Soccer, Swimming, Teacher Evaluation, Technology, Volunteer Management and Water Polo.

Goal (Accounting)

is the milestone the organization aims to achieve that evolves from strategic issues or operational improvement planning. They transform strategic issues into specific performance targets that impact the entire organizationor operational improvement that is more localized in nature. They can be qualitative or quantitative. Dependent upon usageGOALS are general in naturewhile OBJECTIVES are specificmeasurable and time-based. In some organizationsthe meanings for GOAL and OBJECTIVE are reversed.

Goal (Advocacy)

A focus of accomplishment supported by a series of objectives needed to realize it or a broadly-stated subsidiary result. See also:Implementation, Mission Statement, Objective, Performance Goal, Performance Target, Strategic Goals, Strategies

Goal (Field Hockey)

The field hockey goal is a net, 7 feet high, 12 feet wide, and 4 feet deep.

Goal (Finance)

An individual's or institution's financial objective.

Goal (Football)

A surface in space marked by a structure of two upright posts 18 feet 6 inches apart extending above a horizontal crossbar whose top edge is 10 feet off the ground. The goal is the surface above the bar and between the lines of the inner edges of the posts, extending infinitely upward, centered above each end line in American, and each goal line in Canadian football.

Goal (Fundraising)

A focus of accomplishment supported by a series of objectives needed to realize it or a broadly-stated subsidiary result. See also:Implementation, Mission Statement, Objective, Performance Goal, Performance Target, Strategic Goals, Strategies

Goal (Grantmaking)

A focus of accomplishment supported by a series of objectives needed to realize it or a broadly-stated subsidiary result. See also:Implementation, Mission Statement, Objective, Performance Goal, Performance Target, Strategic Goals, Strategies

Goal (Ice Hockey)

Provides one point; scored when a puck goes between the goalposts from the stick of an attacking player and entirely crosses the red line between the goalposts; also the informal term used to refer to the area made of the goalposts and the net guarded by the goalie and into which a puck must enter to score a point.

Goal (Medical Education)

A general aim, object or end-effect which one strives to achieve.

Goal (Non-Profit Accountability)

A focus of accomplishment supported by a series of objectives needed to realize it or a broadly-stated subsidiary result. See also:Implementation, Mission Statement, Objective, Performance Goal, Performance Target, Strategic Goals, Strategies

Goal (Non-Profit Governance)

A focus of accomplishment supported by a series of objectives needed to realize it or a broadly-stated subsidiary result. See also:Implementation, Mission Statement, Objective, Performance Goal, Performance Target, Strategic Goals, Strategies

Goal (Non-Profit Leadership)

A focus of accomplishment supported by a series of objectives needed to realize it or a broadly-stated subsidiary result. See also:Implementation, Mission Statement, Objective, Performance Goal, Performance Target, Strategic Goals, Strategies

Goal (Non-Profit Marketing)

A focus of accomplishment supported by a series of objectives needed to realize it or a broadly-stated subsidiary result. See also:Implementation, Mission Statement, Objective, Performance Goal, Performance Target, Strategic Goals, Strategies

Goal (Organizational Capacity)

A focus of accomplishment supported by a series of objectives needed to realize it or a broadly-stated subsidiary result. See also:Implementation, Mission Statement, Objective, Performance Goal, Performance Target, Strategic Goals, Strategies

Goal (Pirate)

Jail

Goal (Public Relations)

The primary result a company is attempting to achieve through its public relations efforts

Goal (Rugby)

A score of 3 points awarded for drop-kicking the ball over the opponents goal-post during play, or place-kicking it through on a penalty kick. The ball must pass between the goal posts and above the cross-bar.

Goal (Soccer)

A ball that crosses the goal line between the goalposts and below the crossbar for which a point is awarded; also, the 8-foot high, 24-foot wide structure consisting of two posts, a crossbar and a net into which all goals are scored.

Goal (Swimming)

Short- and long-range performance/achievement targets set by swimmers and agreed to by their coaches to help motivate and challenge the swimmer.

Goal (Teacher Evaluation)

A statement of intent or an end that a person or a group strives to attain. A goal tends to be more general than an objective. See Desired Outcomes, Instructional Goal, Objectives, Performance Goal.

Goal (Technology)

A focus of accomplishment supported by a series of objectives needed to realize it or a broadly-stated subsidiary result. See also:Implementation, Mission Statement, Objective, Performance Goal, Performance Target, Strategic Goals, Strategies

Goal (Volunteer Management)

A focus of accomplishment supported by a series of objectives needed to realize it or a broadly-stated subsidiary result. See also:Implementation, Mission Statement, Objective, Performance Goal, Performance Target, Strategic Goals, Strategies

Goal (Water Polo)

1) The water polo goal is made of two goal posts and a crossbar, from which a net is suspended. The goal posts are 3 meters apart and the crossbar is .9 meters above the water surface. 2) A score, which is made by throwing or dribbling the ball so that it goes completely across the goal line, between the posts and under the crossbar.

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