Aerospace Company

Mission and Vision Paper

The organization and mission and vision statements that will be discussed are from SGT (Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies), Inc. which is an aerospace services company that was founded in 1994 by Harold Stinger and Dr. Kam Ghaffarian. They are headquartered in Greenbelt, Maryland with locations throughout the country and I had the pleasure to work for them for a year before my contract was bought out by a competitor. SGT states that they are dedicated to customer satisfaction and providing high quality support in the areas of Engineering, Science, Project Management and Information Technology.

What is a mission statement? According to our textbook a mission statement answers the question “What is our business?”(David, 2011, p.45) A mission statement is meant for the employees and leaders of the organization. A Mission statement helps to clarify the purpose and primary, measurable objectives of the organization. “A good mission statement allows for the generation and consideration of a range of feasible alternative objectives and strategies without unduly stifling management creativity” (David, 2011 p.49) Mission statements should also have nine key components: “Customers, products or services, Markets, Technology, Concern for Survival, growth and profitability, Philosophy, self-concept, concern for public image, concern for employees”(David, 2011, p. 51)

SGT Mission statement is as follows “To contribute to the success of our partnerships with government and industry through disciplined, reliable, evolutionary Systems Engineering, Technical Management, and Engineering Analysis Processes and Capabilities.” (SGT, 2012) I believe that this is a good mission statement. SGT hits many of the nine key components. They talk about their customers (government) and the products (Evolutionary Systems Engineering, Technical Management, and Engineering Analysis Processes) which are also their market. They leave open the potential for growth within the major fields by not being too specific which leaves growth possibilities. They are displaying their self-concept in the industry by being “disciplined” in their fields of Systems engineering, technical management, and engineering analysis processes and capabilities. By SGT saying “success of our partnerships” and “reliable” they are giving mention to their philosophy, self-concept, and