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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"mission statement"”.
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The development and use of a polytechnic mission statement
My interest in institutional mission arose from the decision at Lancashire Polytechnic in 1986 to formulate a Mission Statement. The Polytechnic was believed to be the first higher education institution in Britain to state its purpose and alms in this way. A case study of this process - in which I …
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The Nonprofit Mission Statement as Genre: Speech Acts, Social Facts, and Ecologies
… case study, the author explores the nonprofit mission statement as a genre, its place within a genre ecology, and its communication through various genres. Theorizing the mission statement as a controlling and stabilizing force in a genre ecology, the author notes the potential of the mission …
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The Mission Statement of Jesus: Mark 1:15, Mark's Apocalyptically Charged Decision Motif
This dissertation examines the mission statement of Jesus in Mark 1:15: ‘The time is fulfilled, the kingdom of God is at hand, repent and believe in the gospel’. The statement will be examined from the perspective of the writer, Mark, who - it will be argued - crafted the statement as a rhetorical …
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Means and Ends of the Andrews University Leadership Program: a Study of its Critical Components and Outcomes as They Relate to the Mission Statement
… of delivering graduate education with a defined mission. It is job-embedded-theory and practice are united in the participants' workplaces, where they show their competency in 20 areas. It stresses the importance of the individuality of the participant in the development of a teaching/learning …
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Multiple Roles: The Conflicted Realities of Community College Mission Statements
… of efficacy have always plagued the use of mission statement as a strategic planning tool. In most planning models, the mission statement serves to clarify goals and guide the formation of strategies. However, little empirical evidence exists validating that mission statements actually …
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The Relationship of Goal Focus to Physical Distance, Job Title and Years Served within the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
… of Agriculture, and job title compared to mission statement and goal focus. The Division of Agriculture as part of the University of Arkansas System is a unique organization because many of its employees are not physically located at the headquarter locations of Little Rock and …
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Festivals, Function and Context: An Ethnographic Study of Three Festivals at Holden Village
… three festivals function together to meet the Mission Statement goals of Holden Village, an isolated Lutheran renewal center located in the Cascade mountains in Washington State. The Holden Village Mission Statement states that Holden Village is organized to provide a community for healing, …
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Habitat of grace : biology, religion and the global environmental crisis
The Fifth Mission Statement urges the Anglican Church to be, or become, involved in the world-wide effort by all thinking people, of any faith or none, to find workable ways to alleviate the global environmental crisis. As it stands, however, the Statement is an incompatible mixture of contemporary …
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Assisted living: internal communication to align identity and image
<p>Accomplishment of the mission of any organization relies on relationships developed. Key to these relationships is an internal communication program. As a function of public relations, the value of an internal communication program must be recognized as a requirement and implemented to achieve …
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Marketing Plan for Columbus State University
… all the standard essential elements: business mission statement, situation (SWOT) analysis, objectives, marketing strategy, implementation, and evaluation control. For the mission statement, the current statement from the 2018-2023 Strategic Plan will be used. The situation analysis will …
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They Don't Think Like We Do: Factors Influencing Employees' Interpretations of Organizational Mission
Organizational mission is the purpose, strategy, values, and behavioral standards of an organization that may or may not be articulated in a formal statement. The influence of mission on employees who are not strategic managers has been largely neglected. Organizational members develop their own …
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Social Work Values And Hospital Culture: An Examination From A Competing Values Framework
… are very much in alignment with the written mission statement of their hospital. However, less than half of the respondents (42%) stated the daily business of the hospital strongly reflected the mission statement. The social workers perceived the current culture of hospitals in Florida as …
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Strategic Considerations or Sustaining Nonprofit Organizations
… and importance of a nonprofit organization?s mission statement, the board responsibilities and relationship to the staff, volunteer base, marketing, fundraising, and individual donors are addressed. By implementing these strategies, a nonprofit organization?s management will be able to ensure …
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Influence of Mission Statements on Teacher Education Programs at Two Church-Related Undergraduate Institutions
… the ways in which stated institutional missions influenced the operation of teacher education programs, and the way that teacher education programs used the institutional mission statement in evaluating their programs as it applied to two private, liberal arts colleges in Minnesota. …
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Green Employees: Organizational Identification in an Environmentally Friendly Company
… by employees through the use of a directed mission statement and organizational rhetoric. Utilizing individual interviews, the findings suggest that by building organizational identification, more environmentally-friendly practices amongst organizational members may be achieved.
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Evaluative case study : capacity building by incorporating a mission
This thesis contains research on how a mission might be incorporated into capacity building within an organisation. Specifically, it investigates the extent to which its mission is influencing the community at Les Roches Jin Jiang College - a private hospitality management college in China. As part …
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Representative Volunteerism in Museums
… the terms culture and education in its mission statement, this project reaffirms its necessity for the museum's longevity and long-term success. History is important, and history told from a variety of sides will improve the community's understanding of an increasingly globalizing …
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An observation and subjective overview of the artistic directors of Atlanta's three major not-for-profit regional theatres
… varies according to the management structure, mission of the theatre, and personal style of the individual holding the job. This thesis serves as a report and a subjective overview of an observership with Fred Chappell, Artistic Director of The Alliance Theatre Company/Atlanta Children's …
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From the faculty perspective: Factors that influence the development of organizational culture within a new school of education
… the organization; programmatic influences; the mission statement, goals, and conceptual framework; organization structure and size; physical space and location; resource and financial considerations; the fact that everything was new; workload and time constraints; the wider university; other …
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The implementation of CRM at FISC Norfolk Detachment Philadelphia
… Regulations or the FISC Norfolk Philadelphia Mission Statement.
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