Mission, Vision, and You

Purpose of Assignment

The Week 1 assignment allows students to explore a company that they are familiar with and relate this to their own experiences to determine the importance of the mission and vision of a business as well as the influence this may have on their own role. The assignment will also allow the student to explore the effects of a company not having a mission statement.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Week 1 textbook readings

Choose a company that has both a mission and vision statement.

Prepare a minimum 750-1000 words summary in which you address the following:

• Identify the company’s mission statement.
• Identify the company’s vision statement.
• Explain what role these have on the way the business operates. Evaluate whether the company’s actions seem to align to their vision and mission statements.
• Examine how the mission and vision of the organization might affect or guide you as an employee or manager in the company.
• Analyze what you think would be the effect if the company did not have a mission statement.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Use header, hedlines for the introduction, all the questions asked above, conclusion, and use in-text citations according to the references you used.

Cite a minimum of two peer-reviewed references.