A post on the influence of mission & vision on planning

A post on the influence of mission & vision on planning

Post a comparison of the mission and vision statements of the three organizations selected. Explain how specific elements of each organization’s mission and vision statements might inform planning in that organization.

Include references/links for the organizations’ mission and vision statements in your post.

A Mission statement is important for an organization because it defines the business, products or services, and customers, thereby defining the primary objective. It provides detailed information about what the organization does, how it does, and who it does it for. Unlike the vision statement, it is short-term in nature.

“According to Stephen Covey if you don’t set your goals based upon your Mission Statement, you may be climbing the ladder of success only to realize, when you get to the top, you are on the wrong building”

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

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Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

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Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

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Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
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What is a Vision Statement?
Where in, the Vision statement focuses on its goals and aspirations, which describes how the future will look if the organization achieves its mission. They are also timeless, even if the business changes its strategy, the vision will often stay the same. A realistic, credible, and attractive vision statement attracts commitment and energizes its people.

In addition, a well thought out vision statement bridges the present with the future while establishing a standard for excellence. It also communicates the purpose of the organization to the employees and other stakeholders and provides them with the inspiration to achieve that purpose.

Vision and Mission

Importance of Vision and Mission Statement in an organization
Both the mission and vision statement play an important role in the organization:

The vision and mission statements define the purpose of the organization and instill a sense of belonging and identity to the employees. This motivates them to work harder in order to achieve success. It gives the right mindset to grow business. The mission

statement provides the direction that is to be followed by the organization while the vision statement provides the goal (or the destination) to be reached by following the direction. It helps to properly align the resources of an organization towards achieving a successful future. The mission statement provides the organization with a clear and effective guide for making decisions, while the vision statement ensures that all the decisions made are properly aligned with what the organization hopes to achieve The vision and mission statements provide a focal point that helps to align everyone with the organization, thus ensuring that everyone is working towards a single purpose. This helps to increase efficiency and productivity in the organization.
In conclusion, we can only say that vision and mission statements are very essential for companies. Without vision and mission statement companies do not have the goals and if there is no goal, how can companies survive?

A Vision and mission statement is a born of every planning and strategy of the companies and they can best be described as a compass and destination of the organization respectively. However, we can say that vision and mission statements are the base of organizations as not doing so would be like going on a journey without knowing the direction you are to follow or the destination.

Creating a vision and mission statement for your organization
A company’s success, a lot of it, depends on its vision and mission statements. They have certain core elements that drive an organization to the height it aims at reaching. Creating correct statements for your business that suits your trade and work area should be on top priority.

Though it takes a lot of brainstorming sessions to draft a vision and mission statement, if followed these steps, creating them is easier.