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Individual Assignment: Mission, Vision, and You

Purpose of Assignment

The Week 1 assignment allows students to explore a company that they are familiar with and relate this to their own experiences to determine the importance of the mission and vision of a business as well as the influence this may have on their own role. The assignment will also allow the student to explore the effects of a company not having a mission statement.

Resources Required

Week 1 textbook readings

Grading Guide

*Content*	Met	Partially Met	Not Met	Comments:
Chose a company that has both a mission and vision statement. This will not be the same company chosen for the Week 2-5 assignments.
Identified the company's mission statement.
Identified the company's vision statement.
Explained what role these have on the way the business operates. Evaluated whether the company's actions seem to align to their vision and mission statements.
Examined how the mission and vision of the organization might affect or guide student as an employee or manager in the company.
Analyzed what student thought would be the effect if the company did not have a mission statement.
Cited a minimum of two peer-reviewed references.
The summary is a minimum of 700 words in length.
		*Total Available*	*Total Earned*
		4	#/4

Writing Guidelines	Met	Partially Met	Not Met	Comments:
Organization
The tone is appropriate to the content and assignment.
The introduction provides a sufficient background on the topic and previews major points.
Paragraph transitions are present, logical, and maintain the flow throughout the paper.
The conclusion is logical, flows from the body of the paper, and reviews the major points.
Mechanics
The paper—including tables and graphs, headings, title page, and reference page—is consistent with APA formatting guidelines and meets course-level requirements.
Intellectual property is recognized with in-text citations and a reference page.
Sentences are complete, clear, and concise.
Rules of grammar and usage are followed including spelling and punctuation.
		Total Available	Total Earned
		2	#/2

Assignment Total

#/6

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