Mission, Vision and Values Flashcards
What are values?
The beliefs that guide the conduct, activities and goals of your organization
Do values ever change?
No
Name 3 things that influence the attitudes and behaviours of your organization
- Convictions
- Priorities
- Underlying Assumptions
What accounts for why some organizations gain a reputation for such strategic traits such as leadership, product innovation and total customer satisfaction?
Strong values
Values must be ___
measurable
A zero carbon, recycling, composting, organic/local values are what kind of values?
Environmentally orientated
Non for profit, COOp are what kind of valued?
Economy orientated
Halal, kosher are what kind of valued?
Morality/Religious orientated
Supporting local, organizations or a cause are what kind of values?
Social responsibility orientated
Food policy is what kind of value?
Health orientated
When implementing the values of an organization, who should be involved?
The organization and its stakeholders
What is sustainable procurement?
- Systems thinking approach
- Social, economic, ethical and environmental impacts of supply chains and product management
What is a mission statement?
- simple languege
- express a company’s essence
- helps employees stay on target
- lets employees know what to expect
What the one sentence statement that describes the clear and inspirational long-term desired change (i.e. the desired end state)
The vision
When you are identifying values, what else should be identified?
- Standards supporting these valued
- Laws & regulations governing your projects
