Mini-Mission Statements Exercise

Companies sometimes use "mini-missions" as slogans and metaphors which can powerfully focus the organization’s efforts. Can you tell which company uses these well-known ones?

Beat the Competition!
"Beat the competition"

Success!
"Mission success"

One and only
"The one and only"

Capitalist Tool
"Capitalist tool"
Service
"To be the first choice of the world’s travelers"
Number 1
"Quality is job one"
Document Company
"The document company"

Technical humanity
"To make technical contributions for the advancement and welfare of humanity"

Best value
"Supplying products of the highest quality yet at a reasonable price for worldwide customer service"

Corporate and government success
"To help leading corporations and governments to be more successful"
Ordinary folk
"To give ordinary folk the chance to buy the same things as rich people"
Mind tools
"To make a contribution to the world by making tools for the mind that advance humankind"
Just do it!
"Just do it"
To solve unsolved problems innovatively
"We are forever new"
To make people happy
"To make people happy"
To preserve and improve human life
"To preserve and improve human life"
Exactly
"Exactly"
Virgin
"Screw it, let’s do it"

Pick one and see if it lives its values. What purpose does its mini-mission statement serve? To whom is the company communicating?


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