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Monday, November 07, 2011

COMM150: In-class exercise - mission statements

In class …

1. Write your definition of a mission statement that will fit on a T-shirt
2. Post it to the Mackerel Wrapper
3. We’ll look at your posts and combine them into one T-shirtworthy definition.

Post your definitions as comments to this item.

12 comments:

Mary said...

A mission statement defines the purpose of a company or organization, acting as a general guideline for how the company should perform.

chris day said...

A mission statement helps to set a goal or expectational guideline for a company or business.
EX.) Nike's mission statement:
To bring inspiration and innovation to every athlete* in the world

Nick Jachino said...

Mission Statement: defines what an organization is, why it exists, its reason for being. At a minimum, your mission statement should define who your primary customers are, identify the products and services you produce, and describe the geographical location in which you operate.

dave maziarz said...

a mission statement should say who you are, what you are selling and to who, and who inspires your business...http://myphliputil.pearsoncmg.com/student/bp_turban_introec_1/MissStmt.html

CVanDyke said...

Calista VanDyke
A mission statement is a sentence that expresses the goal of the company and/or the reason they are in business.

A.Kohlrus said...
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Haley said...

A mission statement is a few sentences or a paragraph that summaries a organization's goals, ambitions, or purpose.

A.Kohlrus said...

A mission statement is a short statement of your companies goals and philosopohies. It should define the companies reason for being.

MHovey said...
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MHovey said...

A phrase that sums up what your company is about.

Nick Jachino said...

http://www.entrepreneur.com/encyclopedia/term/82494.html

R_Pearce said...

A mission statement summarizes the goals of a company or organization, and how the guidelines by which they run it.

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Springfield (Ill.), United States
I'm a retired English, journalism and cultural studies teacher at Springfield College in Illinois (acquired by Benedictine University and subsequently closed). I coordinate jam sessions for the "Clayville Pioneer Academy of Music" at Clayville Historic Site and the Prairieland Strings dulcimer club, and I sing in the choir and the contemporary praise team at Peace Lutheran Church in Springfield. On Hogfiddle I post links and video clips for our sessions and workshops on the mountain dulcimer (a.k.a. "hog fiddle"), as well as research notes on folklore and cultural studies, hymnody and traditional Anglo-Celtic and Scandinavian music. I also posted assignments and readings in my interdisciplinary humanities classes. The Mackerel Wrapper (now on hiatus), carried assignments and readings for my mass comm. students. I started teaching b/log when I chaired SCI-Benedictine's assessment committee, and reopened it as the privatization of public schools grew increasingly troubling and closer to home.