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The document critiques the mission and vision statements of Illinois Tech, arguing they lack concrete imagery and unique elements that distinguish the institution from others. It suggests improvements to make the statements more specific and relatable to real-world challenges, emphasizing the importance of practical applications of knowledge. The document also compares Illinois Tech's statements to those of Harvard College, highlighting the latter's clarity and goal-oriented approach.

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The document critiques the mission and vision statements of Illinois Tech, arguing they lack concrete imagery and unique elements that distinguish the institution from others. It suggests improvements to make the statements more specific and relatable to real-world challenges, emphasizing the importance of practical applications of knowledge. The document also compares Illinois Tech's statements to those of Harvard College, highlighting the latter's clarity and goal-oriented approach.

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Oun Arabiyat

Amirhossein Maleki

MNGT 399 – 1

12 October 2024

Illinois Tech

1. Mission & Vision Statements

Mission Statement:

“To provide distinctive and relevant education in an environment of scientific, technological,

and professional knowledge creation and innovation.”

Vision Statement:

“Illinois Tech will be internationally recognized in distinctive areas of education and

research, using as its platform the global city of Chicago, driven by a professional and

technology-oriented focus, and based on a culture of innovation and excellence.”

2. Assessment of Statements

 This mission statement falls under the category of abstract. this statement uses words

to like 'distinctive' or 'relevant' but doesn't provides any supporting ideas to prove the

statement. it also uses words like 'professional knowledge' as well as 'innovation' but

lacks the trusted explanations which would be convincing that how are they providing

innovation and how's their professional knowledge is distinguished from other

institutions. This is mission statement lacks concrete imagery which would convince

the reader that's how's this institute is more advanced and provides a more technical
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and insightful knowledge than any others. It also lacks a vivid statement to make its

goals clear and more understanding for the readers. However, this statement is

somewhat abstract and conceptual which emphasizes on advancement in scientific

and technological fields.

 According to ambler's framework the student is clearly future focused because its aim

is to get 'international recognition'. It is also challenging because of the having

stretched goals. However, it is not 'unique' at all because it doesn't show anything that

makes it unique or what makes its scientific and technological methodologies unique.

It is not 'vivid' as it doesn't strike a clearance image of upcoming period of time. It's

not 'inspiring'. it doesn't get people emotionally attracted towards it. It doesn't show

anything about 'shared beliefs'.

3. Personal Reflection

This mission statement should be more important concrete imagery which should mention

that how their scientific and technological knowledge relates to real world challenges. It

should also be mention that how their graduates are performing in the technical and scientific

fields. mention their unique methodology would also exert a positive impact.

Furthermore, mentioning about putting their theoretical knowledge into practical like,

Industries internships and hands-on learning, would also be more accurate and imagery. Like

it should be:

"Illinois Tech paves a marvelous path for its students in different field of scientific and

technological areas like engineering and software development. our graduates will be

changing the world into a better place by learning and implementing the knowledge at

Illinois tech"
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Vision statement should specify the fields of in which the institution is going to be

recognized internationally. It could be cyber security or it could be artificial intelligence. It

could be the fields of scientific areas like biotechnology, pharmaceutical technology or any

other. It should be mentioning that how's their innovation is going to change the world and

tackle the global issues like this climate change, disasters or hurricanes.

it should be written as,

"Illinois tech will be globally recognized in its scientific and technological fielder like,

biotechnology, cyber security, Artificial intelligence and pharmaceutical technology. Illinois

tech is going to change the world into a better place by coping with the current challenges by

its innovations and development”

Below the mission and vision statements of Harvard college are given. They look more

precise and goal oriented in an elaborative way.

Mission Statement:

“The mission of Harvard College is to educate the citizens and citizen-leaders for our society.

We do this through our commitment to the transformative power of a liberal arts and sciences

education.”

Vision Statement:

“Harvard College sets the standard for residential liberal arts and sciences education. We

have committed to creating and sustaining the conditions that enable all Harvard College

students to experience an unparalleled educational journey that is intellectually, socially, and

personally transformative.”
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4. Appendix

Harvard College. (n.d.). Harvard College. https://college.harvard.edu/

Illinois Tech | Illinois Institute of Technology. (n.d.). https://www.iit.edu/

Palmer, I., Dunford, R., & Akin, G. (2021). Managing Organizational Change: A Multiple

Perspectives approach. (182-184)

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