Exam 13: Creating Vision and Strategic Direction

____________________ is something that the organization does extremely well in comparison to others.

How do leaders decide?

Too much rationality:

______________is the general plan of action that describes resource allocation and other activities for dealing with the environment and helping the organization attain its goals.

Vision gives meaning to work because people want to feel pride in their jobs.

Disneyland is a place where people can find happiness. This example shows how vision sets a standard of excellence.

Core competence can be defined as the combination of benefits received and costs paid by the customer.

For the New York City Transit, "no graffiti" is the company's:

____________________ is an attractive ideal future that is credible yet not readily attainable.

A vision deals with:

An effective vision:

One element of a framework for a noble purpose is heroism. Discuss.

A vision is an attractive, ideal future that is credible, yet not readily attainable.

____________________ is integrating knowledge of the environment and with the core competence in such a way as to achieve synergy and create customer value.

Discovery can serve as a noble purpose, as it does at 3M, where researchers explore ideas and work on their own projects.

_____________means the ability to anticipate and envision the future and maintain flexibility.

____________________ is a principle stating that each element in a system will serve the goals of the whole system when the elements are imprinted with an understanding of the whole.

Leaders in nonprofit organizations _______________ so people know where the organization wants to go.

According to the model showing four possibilities of leadership, the Effective Leader:

Leaders conduct rational analysis, but successful visions also reflect their personal experiences.