Mission (or vision) statement, corporate objectives and gap analysis
A mission statement generally expresses your company’s overall purpose, the raison d’être of your organization. They vary widely from a few lines to comprehensive statements concerning a wide range of factors such as why the company exists, how it operates, what sort of company it purports to be. Often (most importantly) they define the customers and the benefits offered.
Ideally, a mission statement should be a good fit with the values and expectations of your key stakeholders. A worry for managers is that companies that lack clarity in what they seek to achieve (ie their mission) often have employees who lack direction. Employees need to engage with a progressive, ...
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