Chapter 2
The Business Vision & Mission
Strategic
Management:
Concepts & Cases
11th Edition
Fred David
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Vision & Mission
Shared Vision --
• Creates commonality of interests
• Reduce daily monotony
• Provides opportunity & challenge
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Vision Statement Examples
To be the first choice in the printed
communications business. The first choice
is the best choice, and being the best is
what Atlanta Web pledges to work hard at
being—every day!
-- Atlanta Web Printers, Inc.
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Mission Statement
“What is our business?”
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Mission Statements
•Enduring statement of purpose
•Distinguishes one firm from another
•Declares the firm’s reason for being
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Vision & Mission
Profit & vision are necessary to effectively
motivate a workforce
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Mission Statement Examples
The Bellevue Hospital, with respect,
compassion, integrity, and courage, honors
the individuality and confidentiality of our
patients, employees, and community, and is
progressive in anticipating and providing
future health care services.
-- The Bellevue Hospital
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Importance of Mission
Benefits from a strong mission
Unanimity of Purpose
Resource Allocation
Mission
Organizational Climate
Focal point for work
structure
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Mission & Customer
Orientation – Vern McGinnis
• Define what the organization is
• Define what it aspires to be
• Limited to exclude some ventures
• Broad enough to allow for growth
• Distinguishes firm from all others
• Stated clearly – understood by all
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Social Policy & Mission
Social policy should be integrated in all
strategic-management activities
Mission should convey the social
responsibility of the firm
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Vision & Mission
Research results are mixed, however,
firms with formal mission statements --
• 2x average return on shareholder’s equity
• Positive relationship to company
performance
• 30% higher return on certain financial
measures
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Products
Services Markets
Customers
Technology
Mission
Employees
Elements
Survival
Growth
Profit
Public
Image
Self-Concept Philosophy
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Ben & Jerry’s Mission
Ben & Jerry’s mission is to make, distribute and sell
the finest quality all-natural ice cream and related
products in a wide variety of innovative flavors
made from Vermont dairy products. To operate
the Company on a sound financial basis of
profitable growth, increasing value for our
shareholders, and creating career opportunities
and financial rewards for our employees. To
operate the Company in a way that actively
recognizes the central role that business plays in
the structure of society by initiating innovative
ways to improve the quality of life of a broad
community—local, national and international.
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Mission Statement Evaluation Matrix
COMPONENTS
Concern for
Survival,
Products Growth,
Organization Customers Services Markets Profitability Technology
PepsiCo Yes No No Yes No
Ben & Jerry's No Yes Yes Yes No
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Mission Statement Evaluation Matrix
COMPONENTS
Self- Concern for Concern for
Organization Philosophy Concept Public Image Employees
PepsiCo Yes No No No
Ben & Jerry's No Yes Yes Yes
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