I need samples of mission statements.

Which is why it is important to have it down in writing...to keep
people focused on the ultimate goal of the company. ;-)

Dian ~

On Sun, 1 May 2005 22:20:24 -0400, "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]"
wrote:

The mission statements I've seen all say things about offering quality
products/services, efficiency, etc. Well, duh! I certainly don't expect them
to be honest and say things like "We strive to drive our workers nuts by
forcing them to take shortcuts, knowing that it will end up costing us
warranty charges down the road."

I guess I just hear a lot of lip-service and rarely see a company who
*truly* carries thru with their promises.

They obviously didn't understand how to run the place and misused the
concept. Not to mention that the idiot who was running the place
should have been shot on site for that misuse of funds! ;-)

This is our statement for MouseTrax.com...took me about 20 mins to
consider it properly, write it and add it to our site...as our reason
for being.

"MouseTrax.com is dedicated to giving back to the community by helping
computer users fight the headaches of struggling to learn new
technology."

Dian ~

On Mon, 2 May 2005 06:25:06 +0100, "Graham Mayor"
wrote:

I once worked for a public organisation that spent £40,000 of tax payers'
money to develop a pretentious mission statement, so memorable that I cannot
remember it; and we weren't allowed to add it to our document templates, so
as far as I am aware it was never used. Mission statements are a weak
substitute for management on one hand and meaningless waffle on the other.
I view any company that uses mission statements on its documents as having
too many staff with too much time on their hands to waste money which they
will then add on to my bill. Give me good honest service that you can see.

Graham

Just like the MPS!

Terry Farrell

"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
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:I once worked for a public organisation that spent £40,000 of tax payers'
: money to develop a pretentious mission statement, so memorable that I
cannot
: remember it; and we weren't allowed to add it to our document templates,
so
: as far as I am aware it was never used. Mission statements are a weak
: substitute for management on one hand and meaningless waffle on the other.
: I view any company that uses mission statements on its documents as having
: too many staff with too much time on their hands to waste money which they
: will then add on to my bill. Give me good honest service that you can see.
:
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: Graham Mayor - Word MVP
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:
:
: JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP] wrote:
: Google for them. There are more than enough out there. (Personally I
: think they are a load of crap. I just don't understand the need for
: them. If your company does a good job, that carries more weight than
: having a self-serving mission statement.)
:
:
: "business owner" business wrote in
: message ...
: Getting some samples of actual mission statements would be of great
: help. Thanks.
:
:

Dian

I don't agree. Mission Statements are a load of bunkum and tommyrot*. If
they are for your staff, why the hell are they on public display? It is the
reputation for doing a job properly that leads to a successful company - not
a load of ******** hanging on the wall in reception. I work for a highly
successful service company: we turn away bad customers that we don't want.
We don't have a mission statement and never will have one either. We don't
have room on the wall in reception for starters - the wall is full of really
important notices such as Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, HP Centre of
Excellence, Citrix Gold...

Terry Farrell

*old English expression = bunkum - claptrap: tommyrot - utter foolishness

"Dian D. Chapman, MVP" wrote in message
...
: Which is why it is important to have it down in writing...to keep
: people focused on the ultimate goal of the company. ;-)
:
: Dian ~
:
: On Sun, 1 May 2005 22:20:24 -0400, "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]"
: wrote:
:
: The mission statements I've seen all say things about offering quality
: products/services, efficiency, etc. Well, duh! I certainly don't expect
them
: to be honest and say things like "We strive to drive our workers nuts by
: forcing them to take shortcuts, knowing that it will end up costing us
: warranty charges down the road."
:
: I guess I just hear a lot of lip-service and rarely see a company who
: *truly* carries thru with their promises.
:

TF shared this with us in microsoft.public.word.newusers:

Dian

I don't agree. Mission Statements are a load of bunkum and tommyrot*.
If they are for your staff, why the hell are they on public display?
It is the reputation for doing a job properly that leads to a
successful company - not a load of ******** hanging on the wall in
reception. I work for a highly successful service company: we turn
away bad customers that we don't want. We don't have a mission
statement and never will have one either. We don't have room on the
wall in reception for starters - the wall is full of really important
notices such as Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, HP Centre of
Excellence, Citrix Gold...

Terry Farrell

*old English expression = bunkum - claptrap: tommyrot - utter
foolishness

Terry,

I'm with you on the majority of the mission statements: too general so
that the company can be bent in any direction.

This is ours:


$WEMANUFACTURETIMERECORDERS is your partner, as a system integrator,
for data acquisition and data control in order to deliver correct
information to the management system in the areas of human resources,
access control, shop-floor control and supply chain management.


It's a tad more concrete than most other mission statements I've ever
read.

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Dian,

That might have achieved the goals like providing:

a focus for your business plan, getting venture cap and what to tell the
IRS about what you do.

.... but since you charge a fee for this giving it seems to me that a more
likely reason for being is to make profit ;-).

I stand with those who feel the statements are basically worthless. That
said, I am glad to hear that you only spent about 20 minutes on yours.

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For some helpful tips using Word.

Dian D. Chapman, MVP wrote:
They obviously didn't understand how to run the place and misused the
concept. Not to mention that the idiot who was running the place
should have been shot on site for that misuse of funds! ;-)

This is our statement for MouseTrax.com...took me about 20 mins to
consider it properly, write it and add it to our site...as our reason
for being.

"MouseTrax.com is dedicated to giving back to the community by helping
computer users fight the headaches of struggling to learn new
technology."

Dian ~

On Mon, 2 May 2005 06:25:06 +0100, "Graham Mayor"
wrote:

I once worked for a public organisation that spent £40,000 of tax
payers' money to develop a pretentious mission statement, so
memorable that I cannot remember it; and we weren't allowed to add
it to our document templates, so as far as I am aware it was never
used. Mission statements are a weak substitute for management on one
hand and meaningless waffle on the other. I view any company that
uses mission statements on its documents as having too many staff
with too much time on their hands to waste money which they will
then add on to my bill. Give me good honest service that you can
see.

On Mon, 02 May 2005 01:05:06 -0500, "Dian D. Chapman, MVP"
wrote:


This is our statement for MouseTrax.com...took me about 20 mins to
consider it properly, write it and add it to our site...as our reason
for being.

"MouseTrax.com is dedicated to giving back to the community by helping
computer users fight the headaches of struggling to learn new
technology."

Or in other words "MouseTrax.com" followed by 21 words of pretentious,
meaningless blather. I prefer products whose actions speak for
themselves...


Blessed be, for sure...

shrug That's your opinion and you're welcomed to it. I used to think
that way, too...then I became better educated about running a
corporation and learned differently./shrug

On Mon, 2 May 2005 09:37:04 +0100, "TF"
terryfarrell%40%6d%73%6e%2ecom wrote:

Dian

I don't agree. Mission Statements are a load of bunkum and tommyrot*. If
they are for your staff, why the hell are they on public display? It is the
reputation for doing a job properly that leads to a successful company - not
a load of ******** hanging on the wall in reception. I work for a highly
successful service company: we turn away bad customers that we don't want.
We don't have a mission statement and never will have one either. We don't
have room on the wall in reception for starters - the wall is full of really
important notices such as Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, HP Centre of
Excellence, Citrix Gold...

Terry Farrell

*old English expression = bunkum - claptrap: tommyrot - utter foolishness

"Dian D. Chapman, MVP" wrote in message
.. .
: Which is why it is important to have it down in writing...to keep
: people focused on the ultimate goal of the company. ;-)
:
: Dian ~
:
: On Sun, 1 May 2005 22:20:24 -0400, "JoAnn Paules [MSFT MVP]"
: wrote:
:
: The mission statements I've seen all say things about offering quality
: products/services, efficiency, etc. Well, duh! I certainly don't expect
them
: to be honest and say things like "We strive to drive our workers nuts by
: forcing them to take shortcuts, knowing that it will end up costing us
: warranty charges down the road."
:
: I guess I just hear a lot of lip-service and rarely see a company who
: *truly* carries thru with their promises.
:

$WEMANUFACTURETIMERECORDERS is your partner, as a system integrator,
for data acquisition and data control in order to deliver correct
information to the management system in the areas of human resources,
access control, shop-floor control and supply chain management.

And were I in the market to hire a company like this...that simple
statement would tell me a lot about your company. Not only what is its
focus and what you can/cannot do for me as a client, but what you
specialize in without the marketing gibberish. And it gives everyone
at your company one simple statement to get the facts correct.

Simple...to the point...explains what I need to know in a pinch. It
has done it's job.

D ~

... but since you charge a fee for this giving it seems to me that a more
likely reason for being is to make profit ;-).

And in that statement...you are completely mistaken.

We do NOT charge squat for the help/advise that we provide. Unlike
many who refuse to take support email through their personal email...I
do that all day long and have no problem with it. I happily help MANY
people with free advice, critiques of their work and often times
provide free help to those who even offer to pay...because it's not
right to charge one person for something I freely give to others. So
you might want to get your facts straight.

Yes, if someone comes to me asking me to build them a project...THEN I
point them toward my consulting services...which is an entirely
different matter. But also in that case, they do get free info about
what it will take and what the cost would be to go that route...as
well as info links to learn on their own and the time/cost differences
from doing it themselves versus having me do it for them.

Dian ~

On Mon, 2 May 2005 05:59:28 -0400, "Greg Maxey"
wrote:

... but since you charge a fee for this giving it seems to me that a more
likely reason for being is to make profit ;-).