Organizational Mission Statement Guidelines Revisited

The Quilt journal: Mission Statement

The past several decades have witnessed an extraordinary, worldwide explosion of interest in exhibiting, making, collecting and studying quilts. Supporting this and in turn supported by it, there has developed an international boom in the gathering, production and dissemination of information on quilts and quilting. Books, periodicals, articles and literature drawing thematic material from the ...

Mission statement rationales and organizational alignment in the not-for-profit health care sector.

This article presents the findings from a research study conducted on the use of mission statements in not-for-profit health care organizations. In particular, the study sought to determine if a relationship exists between the initial "rationales" that led to the creation of a mission statement and hospital performance. The findings suggest that some of the rationales for developing mission sta...

Organizational Learning Revisited

Organizational learning is a nebulous concept which needs to be articulated in order to be of concrete use. In this paper we will recapitulate and criticise some of the prevailing ideas concerning organizational learning. An alternative definition is suggested which is tightly coupled to the purpose and goals of the organization, which for Ericsson is to develop and sell telecommunication syste...

American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Mission Statement.

Defining a mission statement and setting goals.

When I began my career in dentistry twenty-five years ago, the "fee-for-service" practice was by far the most common approach for delivery of care. Time was not taken to define individuality and purpose, and outside factors such as insurance did not attempt to dictate the direction we took toward a treatment plan. Marketing was not mentioned and practice management as we know it was just beginn...