The Absence of a Strategic Mission

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In any organisation there is a time to reflect and/or report. But how can one reflect and report if there is no clear defined objective/mission? A lot of managers still miss that point. One cannot asses how far you are if you don't know where you are going... (...) Read more? Sign up for free

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		The Absence of a Strategic Mission Mauricio Crippa, Manager, Brazil, Member
	I do believe to have a clearly defined mission is an important driver to company strategy, but I disagree it's a "thing you can't live without". In fact, we see several private and family held companies without a formal strategic plan, but well guided by the founder's entrepreneur personal vision and beliefs. I do think it's better to have clear values, intrinsically defined, but internalized overall the processes, than a "lab built" mission which few could believe or even understand.

		Ashridge Mission Model - (Campbell) Simonhorsman, Member
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		No Communication of Mission Hidekazu Sase, Manager, Japan, Member
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		Absence of Strategic Mission is of a Larger Dysfunctional Organizational Perceptive D P BABU, Strategy Consultant, India, Member
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		Keep it Simple Sam Hwambo. BA Hons. Bus Stud (Open), Accountant, Zimbabwe, Member
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		The Absence of a Strategic Mission Carol Roberts, Management Consultant, Canada, Member
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		Some Missions are Hiding the Actual Targets Wulf-Dieter Krueger, Teacher, Thailand, Member
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		Strategic Mission for Entrepreneurs Rafael Angel Calvo Arguedas, Business Consultant, Member
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		Strategic Mission acts as a Measuring Stick Keshia Nelson-Brown, Accountant, Jamaica, Member
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		Strategic Mission Important for Large Organizations jules Nkundwa
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		Missions are Often Misunderstood Anantharaman, Professor, India, Member
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		Any Road... R.J. van Schaik, Management Consultant, Netherlands, Member
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		Planning to Go Nowhere... Clifford Dube, Project Manager, Member
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		Organisation Mission versus Employee Mission Katie Chan, Management Consultant, United States, Member
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		The Effects of the Absence of a Strategic Mission Wilfredo E. Taveras C., Financial Consultant, Dominican Republic, Member
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		Emergent Strategies Mauricio Crippa, Manager, Brazil, Member
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		How's This for a Novel Approach? Sean Smith, Analyst, Australia, Member
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		Employees Have no Sense of Mission Sibusiso, South Africa, Member
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		Supporting the Misson Michael McAteer
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		The Tacit Strategic Mission Hidekazu Sase, Manager, Japan, Member
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		Strategic Mission Shows the Corporate Direction Adewuni Stephen Oladapo, Student (MBA), Nigeria, Member
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		A Mission Helps to Focus Lloyd Madzokere, Student (Other), Zimbabwe, Member
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		Mission: the Secret of Most Great Achiever Popoola Olanrewaju, Student (University), Nigeria, Member
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		Mission and Vision Matter Wulf-Dieter Krueger, Teacher, Thailand, Member
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		A Mission Gives a Sense of Direction Akolgo Isaac, Analyst, Ghana, Member
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		Empoloyee Buy in and Dynamic World Thabo Motsoasele, Project Manager, South Africa, Member
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