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How can your organization develop evaluations that ensure that mission, vision, and purpose statements are implemented?

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(Jodi)

How does one define and judge success?  One of the best ways to do this is to evaluate a program.  As we are learning, there are different ways to evaluate organizations, but I think to ensure an organization remains true to its roots one should build evaluations around the mission, vision and purpose statements of an organization.

The mission statement is a concise explanation of the organization’s reason for existence. It describes the organization’s purpose and its overall intention. The mission statement supports the vision and serves to communicate purpose and direction to employees, customers, vendors and other stakeholders.  Supplementing that, a vision statement looks forward and creates a mental image of the ideal state the organization wishes to achieve. It is inspirational and aspirational and should challenge employees (Society for Human Resource Management, 2018).  Purpose statements differ from mission or vision in that it illustrates the organization’s impact on customers, in my case students.  The statement of purpose should, therefore, illustrate how you will improve the lives of those you serve.  Also, the purpose can be used as a guide to dictate company actions. If a certain decision does not align with the business’s statement of purpose, should it be acted on (Smyth, 2019)?

Your mission statement should define your company’s objective and its approach to reach these goals. Vision, on the other hand, describes your business’s goals for the future and outlines how you will get there. Meanwhile, a statement of purpose explains the type of work you do and how it will benefit your customers. These distinctions are minor, but important (Smyth, 2019).

Evaluation is a process that critically examines a program. It involves collecting and analyzing information about a program’s activities, characteristics, and outcomes. Its purpose is to make judgments about a program, to improve its effectiveness, and/or to inform programming decisions (Patton, 1987).  I believe that understanding the mission, vision and purpose of the organization and then building the evaluation around the question of the organization representing and supporting these statements is the only way to do this effectively.

Patton, M. (1987). Qualitative Research Evaluation Methods. Thousand Oaks: Sage.

Smyth, D. (2019, January 22). How to Write a Business Purpose Statement. Retrieved from bizfluent: https://bizfluent.com/how-6129266-write-business-purpose-statement.html

Society for Human Resource Management. (2018, March 5). Mission & Vision Statements. Retrieved from SHRM: https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/hr-

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