Chapter Two
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Chapter Objectives
1. Describe the nature and role of vision and mission
2. 3. 4. 5. statements in strategic management. Discuss why the process of developing a mission statement is as important as the resulting document. Identify the components of mission statements. Discuss how clear vision and mission statements can benefit other strategic-management activities. Evaluate mission statements of different organizations. Write good vision and mission statements.
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What Do We Want to Become?
A vision statement should answer the basic question, “What do we want to become?”
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What Do We Want to Become?
The vision statement should be short, preferably one sentence, and as many managers as possible should have input into developing the statement.
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Vision Statement Examples
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What Is Our Business?
Mission statement
a declaration of an organization’s “reason for being.” answers the pivotal question “What is our business?” essential for effectively establishing objectives and formulating strategies
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Mission Statement
Mission statement
reveals what an organization wants to be and whom it wants to serve Also called a creed statement, a statement of purpose, a statement of philosophy, a statement of beliefs, and a statement of business principles
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Vision versus Mission
Shared vision creates a commonality of interests that can lift workers out of the monotony of daily work and put them into a new world of opportunity and challenge.
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