Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Vision vs. Mission Statement


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The result was delete. Keep !votes do not address the point that a sentence or two can easily be placed into mission statement and vision statement, explaining the difference, which anyone should feel free to do. -- Patar knight - chat/contributions 05:41, 17 April 2017 (UTC)

Vision vs. Mission Statement

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Article creator contested PROD. This article is a comparison and contrast essay of vision and mission statements mostly taken from those two articles. Nothing here that needs an independent article. TonyBallioni (talk) 21:29, 9 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete per WP:NOTESSAY Exemplo347 (talk) 23:12, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Language-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:46, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Business-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:46, 9 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Note: This debate has been included in the list of Management-related deletion discussions. Shawn in Montreal (talk) 23:46, 9 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Retain I would like to give qualified support for retaining this article. Amongst students of marketing and management, there is a great deal of confusion about the distinction between visions and missions. So, a concise, well-written explanation of the two on a single page would be really beneficial. A vision is a very long term perspective of where a company hopes to be in 10- 25 years. It is very general in its scope and is often quite ambitious. A mission, on the other hand, is a medium term perspective of the company's aspiration, typically for 3- 5 years (although in some sectors 7-10 year missions can be found). Most mission statements contain information about the market to be served, the products to be offered and the unique benefits that the products offer to the market. That is, mission statements are written in a somewhat formulaic manner and should set out achievable goals and objectives, while visions are far more aspirational. The mission statement should provide guidance to internal and external stakeholders as to how corporate resources are to be allocated for the planning period. The current article needs some work in terms of tightening up the distinction. For this reason, I can only offer qualified support for retaining the article. If the article were to be improved, by making the comparisons clearer, it would be far more beneficial. BronHiggs (talk) 05:07, 12 April 2017 (UTC)


 * Delete Agreed, NOTESSAY. Anything worth keeping can be put into mission statement or vision statement. Combining the two here feels like OR given there are only two external references.South Nashua (talk) 18:15, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Keep. I would like to give qualified support to the article as well. First of all, User: BronHiggs makes a lot of good points.  I would like to add that I have noticed that non-profits tend to use vision statements more frequently than for profit firms. That is probably because non-profits tend to attract people who are fired up about their causes and want to change the world.  It seems to me that it would be rather easy to incorporate Bronhiggs suggestions. I suggest contacting the author of the article and asking for the article to be updated using Bronhiggs suggestions.  The upgraded article would be a very useful article. Dean Esmay (talk) 23:16, 14 April 2017 (UTC)
 * Delete - Not an essay and a sentence contrasting the two can easily be placed in each article. No need for a separate article. --CNMall41 (talk) 01:39, 16 April 2017 (UTC)


 * The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.