mission statements
Organizational purpose declarations
Mission statements are formal declarations of an organization's purpose, values, and goals.
Companies, nonprofits, and institutions craft them to articulate why they exist and what they aim to accomplish: The company's mission statement emphasizes sustainability and innovation.
Critics note that mission statements often devolve into vague, interchangeable corporate jargon—heavy on buzzwords, light on meaning.
- goalsIntended end results
- valuesPrinciples held worthwhile
- core valuesFundamental guiding beliefs
- visionAbility to see
- purposeReason something exists
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Established methods for tasks
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Unstated behavioral expectations
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Preserved accounts of the past
annual reports · performance reviews · track record · retrospectives · post-mortems
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