Discussion 1:
Research two organizations of your choice to explore their stated mission and strategy to analyze how
effectively both are communicated.
You need to find two organizations that no other class member has already analyzed. Post the names of
the organizations you select in the subject line of your initial post. In addition, neither organization you
select may be your chosen company for the final project (see task 1-2). So far, Home Depot, Google,
Target, Microsoft, Omni Care, Walt Disney, and City of Hope and Parson have been selected.
Find an organization with a stated mission and strategy that conform well to your notion of what that
organization does. Then, find an organization with a stated mission and strategy that do not conform
well to your notion of what the organization actually does. Companies may post both of these on their
website, especially to an area where investors may look. Companies may also list them in their annual
reports or other financial statements submitted to the IRS or SEC.
Using topics from Module One, address the following:
Include the companies’ mission statements in your post and analyze why they are or are not effective.
Compare the two organizations’ stated strategies and list them for others to read here. Why do you
believe the first organization’s stated strategy effectively aligns with your notion of that organization?
Why does the other organization’s stated strategy not align as well with your notion of that organization?
If you were the CEO of this organization, what could you do to ensure that the mission and strategy
statements convey what the organization really does?
Then, comment on at least two class members’ posts to analyze their organizations’ effective missions
and strategies.
