Why a Mission, Vision and Strategy 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...

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 ...

Science and an EPA mission statement.

The Environmental Protection Agency needs a mission statement. It needs this mission statement for a variety of reasons, not the least of which is to enhance the development and use of science pertinent to protecting the environment. Given the constraints of our nation's deeply legalistic approach to environmental problems, the amount of scientific information that has been developed and incorp...

Why Strategy Needs a Strategy

This Perspective from The Boston Consulting Group’s Strategy Institute is the ninth in a series on the future of strategy. Earlier articles examined the central role of adaptive advantage in today’s turbulent and unpredictable business environment and the capabilities that contribute to it. This article argues that adaptive strategy is one of five strategic styles organizations need to master i...

The Concepts of Vision, Mission and Fusion in the Strategic Planning