Existing or occurring before an area is colonized
Precolonial
A component of the mission statement; are employees a valuable asset to the firm?
Concern for employees
Era
A component of the mission statement; individuals who purchase a firm’s products or services.
customers
a lot of people in politics use ----- to convince people to vote for them.
Rhetoric
relating to or descended from the earliest known inhabitants of a place
Indigenous
A component of the mission statement; is the firm responsive to social, community, and environmental concerns?
Concern for public image
The belief that all plants, animals, and objects have spirits
Animism
A firm’s strengths that cannot be easily matched or imitated by competitors. One of the nine basic components needed for inclusion in a mission statement.
distinctive competence
some people forget to take time ------ moments and relax.
extranous
To take control of a people or area to extend power
Colonize
A component of the mission statement; does the firm strive to survive, grow, and (if for-profit) be profitable?
Concern for survival, growth, and profitability
A narrative composed from personal experiences
Memoir
A component of the mission statement; geographic locations where a firm competes.
markets
a lot of authors like to write ----- so that their readers can get to know them better.
memoir
The skill of speaking or writing formally and effectively
Rhetoric
A document that specifies a firm’s commitment to integrity, fairness, discipline, equal employment opportunity, teamwork, accountability, continuous improvement, or other such exemplary attributes
Core values statement
not essential or important
extraneous
An enduring statement of purpose that distinguish one business from other similar firms; a statement that identifies the scope of a firm’s operations in product and market terms and addresses the question “What is our business?” A declaration of an organization’s “reason for being.”
mission statement
not all words have ----- but most words do.
morphemes
The smallest part of a word that has meaning
Morpheme
Another name for mission statement; a declaration of an organization’s “reason for being.” It answers the pivotal question, “What is our business?”
Creed statement
unexpectedly and calling for immediate attention
Emergent
(1) Customers; (2) products and services; (3) markets; (4) technology; (5) concern for survival, growth, and profitability; (6) philosophy; (7) distinctive competence; (8) concern for public image; and (9) concern for employees.
mission statement components
you always have to be ready for ----- because they are unexpected and need to be delt with fast.
emergent