Management Theory and Practice College of Public and Community Service University of Massachusetts at Boston ©2010 William Holmes 1

 Purposes  Vision of Results  Identification of Type of Organization  Values Supported  Type of Work 2

 What is most important to your organization?  What do you want to result?  What issues are you addressing  How are you going about doing your business?  What principles or beliefs govern your work? 3

 Focuses energy  Clarifies purpose  Motivate participants  Recruits participants  Helps get 501(c)(3) status  Reduces wasteful action 4

5 The purpose of this organization is to foster the highest spirit of sportsmanship in young children by promoting their soccer activities and developing skills.

 Identify what needs to be done  Clarify whether it is being done  Provides focus for activity  Provides benchmarks for judging results  Are more specific than a purpose  Are measurable results 6

 Specifies what is to be done  Specifies by when it will be done  Specifies what the result will be 7

 Provide soccer opportunities for middle school kids  Improve mental health of community  Teach computing skills to the unemployed 8