Goal-orientation or goal-driven/goal-directed/purposive's a property of systems which are able to think/reason/inference using symbols. A system, person, or organization that tends to achieve a goal and demonstrate it in subsequent actions. To be goal-oriented's a concept that's included in the ontologies of systemics, cognitive science and engineering. Overview The goals that human beings possess can be considered being arranged in a hierarchy, such that higher order goals are more abstract t… (More on Goal-oriented)