ACEN Vision Questionnaire

 

The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) is entering into a strategic planning process for 2024-2025.  Based on our work across the organization, we are well positioned to co-create a strategic plan to meet a bold vision and mission.  We are asking for your thoughts and input ahead of the strategy planning meetings being held in January 2024.  This survey should take about 10 minutes to complete and asks you to share your thoughts and provide input.  The questions are open text response.  Thank you for your input ahead of the strategic planning meetings.

 

One of the areas we will be working on is the creation of a vision to guide ACEN into the future through our strategic plan.  A vision statement, unlike a mission statement, is a statement of what a company or an organization would like to achieve in the future.  It is progressive, and future oriented.  It presents to our customers who we are and what we want to achieve. 

 

Here are descriptions of each:

·       A Mission Statement is a definition of the company’s business, who it serves, what it does, its objectives, and its approach to reaching those objectives.

·       A Vision Statement is a description of the desired future state of the company. An effective vision inspires the team, showing them how success will look and feel.

Examples of mission and vision statements include:

 

·       Company: Amazon

o   Mission: We strive to offer our customers the lowest possible prices, the best available selection, and the utmost convenience.

o   Vision: To be Earth’s most customer-centric company, where customers can find and discover anything they might want to buy online.

o   Why it works: Amazon’s mission is cut-and-dry about what they offer to customers. The vision takes the offerings farther, saying their company will offer “anything” customers want.

 

·       Company: Southwest Airlines

o   Mission: The mission of Southwest Airlines is a dedication to the highest quality of customer service delivered with a sense of warmth, friendliness, individual pride, and company spirit.

o   Vision: To be the world’s most loved, most efficient, and most profitable airline.

o   Why it works: Southwest Airlines tells us right up front that quality customer service is their mission. Their vision is highly aspirational across the board in saying they want to be “the most” of everything.

 

Please take a few minutes to reflect on these five questions and share your responses.  All responses will remain confidential, e.g. no names will be collected, but we do want to ask a few demographic survey items to help us better understand our participants.  

 

Please complete by November 27, 2023.