Strategic planning is a critical activity for any business. The starting point for any strategic plan is the development of effective -- and actionable -- goals and objectives. Understanding how to ...

Nonprofits are large or small tax-exempt organizations seeking to solve a specific community need. There are several strategic development components in nonprofit success, starting with the mission ...

Anyone who is familiar with leadership will tell you that goals and objectives are essential to being a successful leader. That being said, when starting your business, it can be hard to set goals and ...

Before you are able to attract the right business development deals that best suit your organization, make sure you understand the company's long-term strategic goals so you can build on and achieve ...

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) — agreed in 2015 by all 193 member states of the United Nations and complemented by commitments made in the Paris Agreement — map out a broad spectrum of ...

Peter Jackson is Chief Editor of the Yearbook Unit of the UN Department of Public Information, which annually publishes the Yearbook of the United Nations, the most authoritative reference book on the ...

The Sustainable Development Goals are embedded in the 2030 Agenda, a framework developed by the UN and officially launched during the UN General Assembly on 25 September 2015. The 2030 Agenda sets out ...

University of Southampton provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. At the end of one of the largest summits at the United Nations headquarters in New York, government representatives from ...

At North Carolina State University, Dr. Seth Murray is Director, Program in International Studies; Dr. Christopher Galik is Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration; Ms. Jessica Bast ...

The United Nations is quite proud of its Millennium Development Goals - the criteria it uses to measure the success of economic development programs. In a 2013 report, U.N. Secretary General Ban ...

When you begin creating a course, you want to design with the end in mind. The best way to approach this is to start by writing measurable course learning objectives. Course learning objectives are ...

Encouraging development has been on the agenda of the United Nations for decades. Pointing to the United Nations Charter, which expresses the determination to “promote social progress and better ...