Mission and value statements are directed within a specific context within business or society (very much inside the box). Philosophy statements tend to be more conceptual in nature and applicable on an infinitely broad front (including outside the box).
We can't really begin the discussion of the Vision Statement and the Mission Statement without first addressing the semantic difference between the two. Get 10 consultants in a room, and you may get 10 different answers to just what that difference is!
To distinguish between Vision and Mission in our own work, we have defaulted back to the plain English usage of those words. And the simplest way we have found to show that difference in usage is to add the letters "ary" to the end of each word.
VisionARY
MissionARY
We certainly know what those two words mean. A visionary is someone who sees what is possible, who sees the potential. A missionary is someone who carries out that work.
Our favorite example of this everyday usage is Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus was a visionary. He saw the potential, the possibilities for making life better. His missionaries carry his work and his words to the world, putting his vision into practice.
Vision and mission are the result from our basic philosophic beliefs and values, the latter therefore being far broader and primary than the former which acquires a degree of narrowing down to specifics.
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Mission and value statements are directed within a specific context within business or society (very much inside the box). Philosophy statements tend to be more conceptual in nature and applicable on an infinitely broad front (including outside the box).
Mission and value statements are part of a business philosophy and ethics.
We can't really begin the discussion of the Vision Statement and the Mission Statement without first addressing the semantic difference between the two. Get 10 consultants in a room, and you may get 10 different answers to just what that difference is!
To distinguish between Vision and Mission in our own work, we have defaulted back to the plain English usage of those words. And the simplest way we have found to show that difference in usage is to add the letters "ary" to the end of each word.
VisionARY
MissionARY
We certainly know what those two words mean. A visionary is someone who sees what is possible, who sees the potential. A missionary is someone who carries out that work.
Our favorite example of this everyday usage is Jesus of Nazareth. Jesus was a visionary. He saw the potential, the possibilities for making life better. His missionaries carry his work and his words to the world, putting his vision into practice.
Values and mission statements are subsets of philosophy.
• How do philosophy statements differ from mission and value statements?
~~~ Philosophy is predominately "original critical thought", informed by cutting edge science (quantum mechanics) and all means of Knowing!
It isn't a fortune cookie or a bumpersticker!
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Well Philosophy statements is much more diverse than value statements and mission statements.
Vision and mission are the result from our basic philosophic beliefs and values, the latter therefore being far broader and primary than the former which acquires a degree of narrowing down to specifics.
It describes the company (or department), what it does and its overall intention. The mission statement supports the vision and serves to ...
They're enlightening.