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Purpose Statement Assignment Final

This document outlines the rationale, purpose statement, central question, and sub-questions for a research study. The rationale is that campus mission statements are often difficult for staff to see in their daily work. The purpose is to understand how staff in one department at a small Midwest college perceive their contributions to the core mission. The central question is whether staff connect their daily work to the purpose of the college mission statement. The sub-questions explore opportunities to better tie staff work to the mission, barriers to staff feeling connected, how staff buy-in contributes to the community, and if contributions motivate individual work.

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Purpose Statement Assignment Final

This document outlines the rationale, purpose statement, central question, and sub-questions for a research study. The rationale is that campus mission statements are often difficult for staff to see in their daily work. The purpose is to understand how staff in one department at a small Midwest college perceive their contributions to the core mission. The central question is whether staff connect their daily work to the purpose of the college mission statement. The sub-questions explore opportunities to better tie staff work to the mission, barriers to staff feeling connected, how staff buy-in contributes to the community, and if contributions motivate individual work.

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Amy Gade

LDRS 810: Qualitative Research Methods


Purpose Statement & Central Question/Sub-Questions Assignment
Rationale for the Study (Problem Statement)
All too often, campus mission statements are a series of statements created by
campus leaders to explain, enhance, and give purpose to an institution of higher
learning. These statements, while seemingly fitting to the institution, are often
difficult to see in the daily work of campus faculty and staff. The purpose of this
research is to determine if campus staff in an internal department at a small, public
4-year College in the Midwest are a.) familiar with their institutions mission
statement components, b.) able to see a tie between their daily work and the
Colleges mission, and c.) how an individuals daily contributions toward the mission
motivate their work.
A preliminary literature search conducted by the author of this study found little
scholarly research tied directly to the topic, therefore, one could assume the
research is quite limited on this specific topic. It is believed that any current
research found will likely be tied directly to college mission statements and how
they are formed. What this research related to college mission statements lacks is
how staff members feel they contribute it, how their support of the mission
contributes to the campus community, and how their contributions motivate their
own work. The impending research could be useful to campus leaders in various
ways, like the importance of sharing the purpose of their institutions mission
statement, identifying how staff connect to the mission, tying work to the College
mission, and learning of motivations of their staff members or departments.
Purpose statement:
The purpose of this qualitative case study will be to understand the perception of
staff members individual contributions from one internal department to the core
mission of a small, public 4-year College in the Midwest.
Central question:
Do staff connect their daily work with the purpose of their Colleges mission and/or
mission statement?
Sub-questions:
Are there other opportunities to directly tie staff work to the central purpose of the
College mission?
What barriers stand in the way of staff feeling connected to the mission through
their work?
Does staff buy in to the College mission contribute to the overall campus
community? How?

Do individual contributions to the Colleges mission and/or campus community


motivate their work?

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