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Mission Statements for Organizations
Mission, Statements, Organizations
Prior to completing this assignment, review Chapter 2, section 2.1 in your Constellation textbook and read the article Answer 4 Questions to Get a Great Mission Statement (Links to an external site.) (Hull, 2013), being sure to review this Fortune 500 Mission Statements (Links to an external site.) Now, turning to the company you selected, research and find the company’s mission statement. Then,
State how the mission statement provides guidance for the company’s organizational activities.
Evaluate the company’s mission statement per each of the four questions posed in the Hull article as well as your assigned readings for the week.
Rate the company according to the 5-star rating system used in the Fortune 500 list, stating how many stars would you rate the mission statement. Explain your rationale.
Rewrite the mission statement so that it better addresses the four questions and forms a complete mission statement.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
Leadership, Governance, Values, and Culture
Learning Objectives
By the time you have completed this chapter, you should be able to do the following: • Understand the differences and similarities between leaders and managers. • Know why strategic success depends on finding, developing, and evaluating capable leaders. • Appreciate the value and necessity of creating a corporate vision. • Appreciate the value of having an overarching purpose for any organization.
- Compare the roles and responsibilities of top management and the board of directors. • Appreciate that how a company is organized depends on the strategy it is pursuing. • Realize the importance of corporate values and culture and the extent to which they can enable or hinder strategy implementation.
- Understand that organizational change is inevitable and desirable if a corporation wants to improve its competitiveness and performance.
Mood board/Super Stock
This chapter will focus on the roles of power, leadership, organizational culture, and attitudes toward innovation as they relate to strategic planning and management. The importance of leadership, the roles of top management and the board of directors, values and culture, and organizational change all affect the quality of strategic planning and are in turn affected by it.
2.1 Strategic Leadership and Developing a Vision In articles in the business press and the literature, the words manager, leader, executive, and administrator are often used interchangeably. Consider, however, the implied judgments in the descriptions of a person as “a real leader” versus “just a manager,” and it becomes evident that the terms are different. Ackoff and Pourdehnad (2009) try to capture the differences as follows:
- An administrator is one who manages others in the attempt to accomplish a goal by the use of certain methods, both of which are specified by a third party.
- A manager is one who oversees others in the attempt to accomplish a goal by the use of certain methods specified by the manager.
- A leader is one who conducts and directs others in the voluntary attempt to accomplish a goal by the use of certain methods, both of which are chosen or approved of by the leader’s followers.
Although all types of executives have the authority to coerce others into doing what they want done, leaders more often use influence rather than authority to get others to do what they want them to do and rely more extensively on interpersonal communication and the strength of their relationships with others to effect change.
From this, one might assume that the only person who creates a vision is the individual at the apex of an organization such as CEO of the company or the president of a country. This is certainly not the
CHAPTER 2Section 2.1 Strategic Leadership and Developing a Vision
case. At any level and in any sphere of life, anyone who can visualize a better state of affairs and can persuade others that such a vision makes sense has demonstrated leadership qualities. Anyone who is dissatisfied with the status quo and has suggestions for change and improvement demonstrates leadership qualities to the extent that they are able to persuade others involved of the merits and benefits of such changes.
By contrast, managers charged with just implementing change and achieving a set of performance objectives don’t need to be leaders even though what they do is nonetheless critical to a company’s success.
Earlier, we used the phrase strategic leadership, but what makes leadership “strategic”? Recall from Chapter 1 that a strategy is required only to combat competition. In the same way, “strategic leadership” involves developing an outlook and strategy that will position the company to become a stronger competitor, in both the short term and the long term.
Whereas leadership may be required in implementing changes or improvements to parts of the organization, strategic leadership determines the long-run survival and success of the entire company.
Power in an Organization Although all types of executives have the authority to coerce others into doing what they want done, leaders more often use communication to exact a range of more pro-social influence tactics to gain others’ compliance.
Leaders have the power to influence or affect the people around or under them. This is true regardless of whether they have been appointed to leadership positions. There are five types of power in an organization.
Legitimate power is the authority obtained through the occupation of a position in the company. The higher the position an individual occupies, the more authority and legitimate power he or she holds. Expert power is based on the unique experience, competence, and expertise possessed by a leader.
For example, a group surviving a crash on a mountainside would willingly follow the member with survival knowledge and skills. Referent power is derived from the appreciation, high regard, and loyalty of a leader’s followers and is a direct result of the leader’s character.
Leaders who have the ability to give or withhold meaningful incentives hold reward power. These can take the form of tangible rewards such as pay raises, bonuses, or preferred job assignments or intangible rewards like verbal praise or respect. A leader or manager to who is in a position to punish a subordinate is said to have coercive power. This could take the form of firing someone, denying a raise
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20 points out of 50: The essay illustrates poor understanding of the relevant material by failing to address or incorrectly addressing the relevant content; failing to identify or inaccurately explaining/defining key concepts/ideas; ignoring or incorrectly explaining key points/claims and the reasoning behind them; and/or incorrectly or inappropriately using terminology; and elements of the response are lacking. |
30 points out of 50: The essay illustrates a rudimentary understanding of the relevant material by mentioning but not full explaining the relevant content; identifying some of the key concepts/ideas though failing to fully or accurately explain many of them; using terminology, though sometimes inaccurately or inappropriately; and/or incorporating some key claims/points but failing to explain the reasoning behind them or doing so inaccurately. Elements of the required response may also be lacking. |
40 points out of 50: The essay illustrates solid understanding of the relevant material by correctly addressing most of the relevant content; identifying and explaining most of the key concepts/ideas; using correct terminology; explaining the reasoning behind most of the key points/claims; and/or where necessary or useful, substantiating some points with accurate examples. The answer is complete. |
50 points: The essay illustrates exemplary understanding of the relevant material by thoroughly and correctly addressing the relevant content; identifying and explaining all of the key concepts/ideas; using correct terminology explaining the reasoning behind key points/claims and substantiating, as necessary/useful, points with several accurate and illuminating examples. No aspects of the required answer are missing. |
Use of Sources (worth a maximum of 20% of the total points). |
Zero points: Student failed to include citations and/or references. Or the student failed to submit a final paper. |
5 out 20 points: Sources are seldom cited to support statements and/or format of citations are not recognizable as APA 6th Edition format. There are major errors in the formation of the references and citations. And/or there is a major reliance on highly questionable. The Student fails to provide an adequate synthesis of research collected for the paper. |
10 out 20 points: References to scholarly sources are occasionally given; many statements seem unsubstantiated. Frequent errors in APA 6th Edition format, leaving the reader confused about the source of the information. There are significant errors of the formation in the references and citations. And/or there is a significant use of highly questionable sources. |
15 out 20 points: Credible Scholarly sources are used effectively support claims and are, for the most part, clear and fairly represented. APA 6th Edition is used with only a few minor errors. There are minor errors in reference and/or citations. And/or there is some use of questionable sources. |
20 points: Credible scholarly sources are used to give compelling evidence to support claims and are clearly and fairly represented. APA 6th Edition format is used accurately and consistently. The student uses above the maximum required references in the development of the assignment. |
Grammar (worth maximum of 20% of total points) |
Zero points: Student failed to submit the final paper. |
5 points out of 20: The paper does not communicate ideas/points clearly due to inappropriate use of terminology and vague language; thoughts and sentences are disjointed or incomprehensible; organization lacking; and/or numerous grammatical, spelling/punctuation errors |
10 points out 20: The paper is often unclear and difficult to follow due to some inappropriate terminology and/or vague language; ideas may be fragmented, wandering and/or repetitive; poor organization; and/or some grammatical, spelling, punctuation errors |
15 points out of 20: The paper is mostly clear as a result of appropriate use of terminology and minimal vagueness; no tangents and no repetition; fairly good organization; almost perfect grammar, spelling, punctuation, and word usage. |
20 points: The paper is clear, concise, and a pleasure to read as a result of appropriate and precise use of terminology; total coherence of thoughts and presentation and logical organization; and the essay is error free. |
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3 points out of 10: Student needs to develop better formatting skills. The paper omits significant structural elements required for and APA 6th edition paper. Formatting of the paper has major flaws. The paper does not conform to APA 6th edition requirements whatsoever. |
5 points out of 10: Appearance of final paper demonstrates the student’s limited ability to format the paper. There are significant errors in formatting and/or the total omission of major components of an APA 6th edition paper. They can include the omission of the cover page, abstract, and page numbers. Additionally the page has major formatting issues with spacing or paragraph formation. Font size might not conform to size requirements. The student also significantly writes too large or too short of and paper |
7 points out of 10: Research paper presents an above-average use of formatting skills. The paper has slight errors within the paper. This can include small errors or omissions with the cover page, abstract, page number, and headers. There could be also slight formatting issues with the document spacing or the font Additionally the paper might slightly exceed or undershoot the specific number of required written pages for the assignment. |
10 points: Student provides a high-caliber, formatted paper. This includes an APA 6th edition cover page, abstract, page number, headers and is double spaced in 12’ Times Roman Font. Additionally, the paper conforms to the specific number of required written pages and neither goes over or under the specified length of the paper. |
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