Gap Analysis
the determination of the methods and techniques used to fill the "gap" between corporate sales and financial objectives and the current long-range forecasts of the sales team. | ||||
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Gap Analysis Definition from Society & Culture Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Environmental Engineering (English ver.) |
GAP ANALYSIS
A method for determining spatial relationships between areas of high biological diversity and the boundaries of National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges (NWR), and other preserves. The primary goal of Gap Analysis is to prevent additional species from being listed as threatened or endangered. Analyses are made and displayed using a Geographic Information System (GIS). Estimates of diversity are often derived from known or hypothesized relationships between mapped plant communities and animal populations. In addition to the National Biological Survey, which serves as the primary coordinating agency, there are over 200 collaborating organizations involved in performing Gap Analysis on a state-by-state basis, including businesses, universities, and state, local, and federal government entities. (The term Gap originated from an initial Biodiversity study in Hawaii which showed that for certain sensitive animal species there existed a physical (geographic) gap between the species and its habitat and wildlife preserves (national parks, forests, wildlife protection areas, etc.), indicating potential limitations of species and habitat protection.)
A method for determining spatial relationships between areas of high biological diversity and the boundaries of National Parks, National Wildlife Refuges (NWR), and other preserves. The primary goal of Gap Analysis is to prevent additional species from being listed as threatened or endangered. Analyses are made and displayed using a Geographic Information System (GIS). Estimates of diversity are often derived from known or hypothesized relationships between mapped plant communities and animal populations. In addition to the National Biological Survey, which serves as the primary coordinating agency, there are over 200 collaborating organizations involved in performing Gap Analysis on a state-by-state basis, including businesses, universities, and state, local, and federal government entities. (The term Gap originated from an initial Biodiversity study in Hawaii which showed that for certain sensitive animal species there existed a physical (geographic) gap between the species and its habitat and wildlife preserves (national parks, forests, wildlife protection areas, etc.), indicating potential limitations of species and habitat protection.)
Gap Analysis Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Raynet Business & Marketing Glossary |
Gap-analysis
a model used for forecasting objectives and looking at planning options to fill the 'gap' between where the company will be if it does nothing and where it must be be according to the sales forecasting process; part of the planning process.
a model used for forecasting objectives and looking at planning options to fill the 'gap' between where the company will be if it does nothing and where it must be be according to the sales forecasting process; part of the planning process.
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Gap analysis
The comparison of a current condition to the desired state.
The comparison of a current condition to the desired state.
Gap Analysis Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Gap analysis
For gap analysis in wildlife conservation, see Gap analysis (conservation)
In business and economics, gap analysis is a business resource assessment tool enabling a company to compare its actual performance with its potential performance.
If a company or organization is under-utilizing resources it currently owns or is forgoing investment in capital or technology then it may be producing or performing at a level below its potential. This concept is similar to the base case of being below one's production possibilities frontier.
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