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Pragmatology
The word pragmatology is applied in a range of contexts, mainly in the areas of Performance Improvement (where it describes a philosophy and approach to modifying behaviour), Archaeology (relating to understanding the world and man’s place in it through reference to how things function and their effectiveness) and Philosophy (the evaluation of objective truth by understanding how our perceptions are formed.)

In the UK, Pragmatology is a Registered Trade Mark of Hawknic Ltd.

Performance Improvement
In this context pragmatology (small p) is used to describe the method of understanding how pragmatism can be successful, and then applying this knowledge.

Pragmatology (capital P) is a philosophy of and approach to performance improvement, based on the idea that human behaviour is influenced by a range of internal and external factors unique to a given individual. Factors will either enable or constrain choice of action, which will in turn improve or reduce performance depending on the action having positive or negative consequences (for example, restricting the sale of alcohol will reduce the number of people drinking it; whether this is considered positive or negative depends on the desired result). By controlling a range of these influential factors, behaviour can be modified and performance improved.

The philosophy can be summarised in five principles:
 * 1) Behaviour in any situation is unique to each individual because we all react differently to internal and external influencing factors
 * 2) Many of these factors are within our control, if we take the time to become sufficienty aware of them and how they affect us
 * 3) If we achieve a greater degree of control, then we will have more freedom to choose how to act, and the results we achieve will improve
 * 4) We change, the world changes around us, and success depends on continuous adaptation
 * 5) Better is always possible. Strive for better.

The approach is largely based on a single behavioural model derived from various psychological, sociological and economic theories. While the model does not claim to reliably predict what a given individual will do in any given situation, it allows a structured programme of behavioural modification to be defined, implemented and modified over time based on results. Following an adaptive and pragmatic methodology in application is central to the approach.