Search for dissertations about: "self-defeating goals"

Found 1 swedish dissertation containing the words self-defeating goals.

2. 1. Rational Goal-Setting in Environmental Policy : Foundations and Applications

   Author : Karin Edvardsson Björnberg; John Cantwell; Luc Bovens; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; goal-setting; rationality; goal systems; precision; evaluability; attainability; motivity; coherence; operationalization; means and ends; support relations; goal conflicts; utopianism; self-defeating goals; management by objectives MBO ; environmental quality objectives; sustainable development; Philosophy subjects; Filosofiämnen;

   Abstract :  The overall aim of this thesis is to present a model for rational goal-setting and to illustrate how it can be applied in evaluations of public policies, in particular policies concerning sustainable development and environmental quality. The contents of the thesis are divided into two sections: a theoretical section (Papers I-IV) and an empirical section (Papers V-VII). READ MORE