Step Establish an Effective Organizational Vision for the Future In step 8, an organizational vision of success is prepared, describing what the organization should look like as it successfully implements its strategies, fulfills its mission, meets its mandates, creates significant and lasting public values, and in general achieves its full potential. An organization typically has to go through more than one cycle of strategic planning before it can develop a truly effective vision for itself. A vision of success is therefore more likely to be a guide to strategy implementation than to strategy formulation. All that is absolutely necessary to enhance organizational achievement is to identify a few key issues and do something effective about them. Nonetheless, if a vision of success can be prepared, it should be. Indeed a number of organizations will have prepared at least a sketch of a vision of organizational success in Step 3(unfortunately, we did not do this back then in your worksheet#2) and will then have used that sketch to guide subsequent steps in the process. A full-blown vision of success can be extremely important for educational purposes and for allowing people anywhere in the organization to take constructive action without constant oversight by leaders and managers. Now, let's sketch your organization's visions first. Succinctly describe the organization as it is right now. Characterize its mission, services, use of technology(i.e. do they have social media?) and external support PA 4530 Worksheet #6 Now, envision yourself as a journalist reporting on your chosen organization five years from now. Consider the following areas and provide your insights using brief statements starting with "I believe" or "I envision this organization." Limit your response to two lines per subsection. If your vision sketch for your selected organization is out of alignment with where you think things are at present, then indicate where the major misalignments or gaps are. PA 4530 Worksheet #6 I know we've been through this a lot. But let's go back. What is your organization's mission? But this time, instead of copy and paste what you had before, articulate the public value that your selected organization fulfills or should create. How will the world be better? What are the organization's basic philosophies and core value? What are its basic strategies? (You may go back to your worksheet #4) What are the organization's performance criteria? (You may want to research their website for this) What are the ethical standards expected of all employees? PA 4530 Worksheet #6 Draft a vision statement for your organization! Be sure to: Focus on a better future Encourage hopes, dreams, and noble ambitions Build on the organization's history and culture to appeal to high ideals and common values Clarify purpose and direction State positive outcomes Emphasize the organization's uniqueness and distinctive competencies Emphasize the strength of a unified group Vision statement for your organization