mission

(noun)

A set of tasks that fulfills a purpose or duty; an assignment set by an employer.

Related Terms

  • restructuring
  • tactic
  • vision
  • forecast

Examples of mission in the following topics:

  • Potential external relationship obstacles

    • All nodes within a relationship must fully understand the mission and goals.
    • Having incompatible missions and goals will destroy a relationship and no benefits will be achieved.
    • Therefore, when choosing a supplier or a partner in the networked organization, having similar goals, missions, and similar ways of performing the business processes are vital for the success of the relationship.
  • Sustainability: make it an ongoing mission to make it known

  • Structure of Corporations

    • Corporate structure consists of various departments and divisions that contribute to the company's overall mission and goals.
    • Corporate structure consists of various departments that contribute to the company's overall mission and goals.
  • Planning and Decisions

    • Revlon's vision and mission statement are examples of how companies focus their attention on a common purpose to help make decisions.
    • Its mission is to emerge as the leader in cosmetic and personal care throughout the world.
    • Mission: An organization's reason for being.
    • Mission reflects the culture and values of top management.
    • Objectives: Ideas that refine the mission and address key issues within the organization such as market standing, innovation, productivity, physical and financial resources, profitability, management, and worker performance and efficiency.
  • Four steps to achieving optimal objectives

    • Mission statements individualize a business by defining its purpose and uniqueness.
    • (Lovins, Hunter, The Economic Case for Climate Change) Meanwhile, Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream declares as its mission a dedication to make, distribute, and sell the fi nest all-natural ice cream… [with] a ‘continued commitment to incorporate wholesome, natural ingredients and promote business practices that respect the Earth and its environment'.
    • Objectives are blueprints for achieving a mission that incorporate concepts of time and measurement, address financial and non-financial issues, and are more concrete and action-oriented.
  • Building a better future

    • The USGBC is a network of 10,000 construction leaders from every sector of the building industry who have made it their mission to transform the building industry.
  • Entrepreneur assessment survey

    • Persuasive - Able to convince others that the new organizations' mission and goals are viable and should be adopted and supported.
    • Hyper-focused - Maintaining uninterrupted attention and concentration directed at implementing the enterprise's mission.
    • Passion - Having a tremendous amount of enthusiasm and excitement over the mission and goals of the new organization.
  • When to think about using database management software

    • If the technical capabilities of the staff are strong, use of an open-source DBMS in mission-critical environments is possible now.
    • Open-source DBMS engines can be used today for non-mission-critical applications with reduced risk over several years ago.
    • If open source is part of your overall IS strategy, plan for the use of open-source DBMS engines in mission critical environments in two to five years. " (Gartner 2008)
  • Decentralization

    • A major disadvantage to a decentralized organization is that departments can easily lose sight of the organization's common mission.
  • Information and Risk Trade-Off

    • Strategy - high-level goals, aligned with and supporting the organization's mission
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