What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

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What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?

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A Model of Organizational Mission
Internal
External
Organizational Philosophy
Product-Market Domain

• Where are we going to operate?

• What do we want to be?

Mission Statement
Broad
Broad
Narrow
Narrow
Organizational Key Values
Critical Success Factors

• How do we want our people to behave?

• What do we have to be good at in this industry?

Internal
External
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Major Areas that should be reflected in a Mission
Statement

• Stating the organizational philosophy
• what do we see as the enduring purpose of our
  organization, its unique characteristics, and
  what it wants to achieve?
• Specifying the product-market domain
• where do we intend to operate and compete, what
  are out products, what needs do they meet, who
  are out customers, what technologies will we
  apply, what are the boundaries of our market?
• Defining the organizations key values
• what values, norms, guidelines, do we think are
  important in our organization, what things do we
  want people to have in their minds when they make
  decisions, and carry things out for us?
• Identifying critical success factors
• what things do we have to be good at to survive
  and prosper in our market place?

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Techniques for Gathering Information about
Potential Employees

• Techniques used to gather data
• Preliminary Screening or interview
• Biographical inventory from application bank,
  resume, or other document record
• Testing
• Intelligence
• Aptitude
• Proficiency or achievement
• In-depth interview
• Verifying biographical data from references
• Physical Examination
• Personal Judgment

• Characteristics to look for
• Obvious misfit from outward appearance and
  conduct
• Lacks adequate educational and performance record
• Fails to meet minimum standards of mental
  alertness
• Lacks specific capacities for acquiring
  particular knowledge of skills
• Unable to demonstrate ability to do job
• Lacks necessary innate ability, ambition, or
  other qualities
• Unfavorable or negative reports on past
  performance
• Physically unfit for job
• Overall competence and ability to fit into the
  firm

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A Model of Personal Mission
Internal
External
My Philosophy
Product-Market Domain

• Where am I going to operate?

• What do I want to be?

Mission Statement
Broad
Broad
Narrow
Narrow
Organizational Key Values
Critical Success Factors

• How do I want to behave?

• What do I have to be good at in this industry?

Internal
External
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Direction Setting For A Managerial Career
Specialist

• Be an expert at something

Self-reliant

• Think of yourself as a business of one

Connected

• Be a team player

Generalist

• Know enough of different disciplines to mediate
  among them

• Make Choices Among
• Functions (e.g. marketing, finance) or processes
  (e.g. distribution)
• Applications (industry or sector)
• Skills (leadership, communication)

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Assume Responsibility For Your Own Career

• Think of yourself as if your are a business
• Define your product or service
• What is your area of expertise?
• Know your target market
• To whom are you going to sell this?
• Be clear on why your customer buys from you
• What is your value added contribution?
• Strive for quality and customer satisfaction
• Think of your boss as a customer
• Know your profession and whats going on
• What is best of breed in your area?
• Invest in your own growth and development
• What new products or services will you be able to
  provide
• Be willing to change your business (career) or
  start a new one

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Now, Describe Your Personal and Professional
Mission or What I Want To Be When I Grow Up

• Your Assignment Is To
• 1. describe your mission and
• 2. evaluate the mission

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An evaluation of __________s mission statement

• Criteria
• Is it clear what the person stands for (values)?
• Is it clear what the person strives to be good
  at?
• Does it clarify what he/she should (and should
  not) do?
• Does it make sense (believable)?
• Is it concise, understandable, memorable?
• Is it challenging and motivating?
• Comments
• What I liked was
• What I disliked was
• What I recommend is