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.
Noun. 1. pragmatism - (philosophy) the doctrine that practical consequences are the criteria of knowledge and meaning and value. instrumentalism-a system of pragmatic philosophy that considers idea to be instruments that should guide our actions and their value is measured by their success.