Performance gap analysis, often shortened to gap analysis, examines particular aspects of business for problems and suggests solutions for these problems. It is a diagnosis-oriented analysis that pinpoints where an organization or individual is NOT doing what needs to be done by comparing current conditions ...
Continue reading... The opposite of idealistic is pragmatic, a word that describes a philosophy of doing what works best.. From Greek pragma deed, the word has historically described philosophers and politicians who were concerned more with real-world application of ideas than with abstract notions.
Pragmatics is the study of how context affects meaning. The two primary forms of context important to pragmatics are linguistic context and situation context. Linguistic context is how meaning is understood without relying on intent and assumptions.