Mission Statements

[Tdol]

Does anyone really care about Mission statements? Most bore me to tears. What has gone so wrong with the language of business in the last few years?...

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Source: TDOL's Language Archive

[Joe]

I go to the "read more" link and read nothing more. How can I read it? :)

[RonBee]

I go to the "read more" link and read nothing more. How can I read it? :)

Apparently, there isn't any more. However, people are invited to comment. Perhaps Tdol will explain to us what a mission statement is.

:)

[Tdol]

Here, companies write a couple of sentences of vapid wishful thinking meant to be the core values of the company. I just find the language of much business so grindingly dull.

[Tdol]

I go to the "read more" link and read nothing more. How can I read it? :)

I hadn't saved it prperly in the program I use to write the entries and had saved the other version in the wrong place. Try this now:
http://www.usingenglish.com/profiles...es/000099.html

[RonBee]

Here, companies write a couple of sentences of vapid wishful thinking meant to be the core values of the company. I just find the language of much business so grindingly dull.

I now recall that term now that you reminded me that it used in a business context. It doesn't seem that companies used to need such things. After all, if you manufactured shirts that is what you did. What would you need a mission statement for?

:)

P.S. Do you have some examples of mission statements you have seen?

[Tdol]

now recall that term now that you reminded me that it used in a business context. It doesn't seem that companies used to need such things. After all, if you manufactured shirts that is what you did. What would you need a mission statement for?

:)

P.S. Do you have some examples of mission statements you have seen?

I will.

[shane]

Years ago, I worked for a department store in the UK (BHS). We were required to remember the company's mission statement as part of our training.

I can't remember any of it now though..... :wink:

[Tdol]

We are supposed to memorise our equal opportunity statement in case the CRE (Commission for Racial Equality) ever comes in to check us out.

[RonBee]

We are supposed to memorise our equal opportunity statement in case the CRE (Commission for Racial Equality) ever comes in to check us out.

You have a Commission for Racial Equality? What does a Commission for Racial Equality do? (I thought PC was bad in this country (USA), but at least we don't have a Commission for Racial Equality.)

:)