Vision and Mission Statements

This assignment asks you to analyze various companies’ organizational vision and mission statements to determine how such statements guide leadership practices within an organization. The vision statement reflects a desired future state worthy of pursuing, while the mission statement is what is done almost daily in order to eventually realize the vision.
Select a vision and mission statement from one company that professes to practice servant leadership and one that practices a standard leadership model. Some well-known companies that practice servant leadership are Southwest Airlines, REI, and Aflac. Conduct additional research to locate others.
Once you have selected two companies, (Chic-Fil-A and Quick Trip) write an analysis that addresses the following:
Compare the vision and mission statements of the two companies. What are the similarities and differences? How do you think these statements impact the culture of each organization?
Break down: Introduction paragraph, one paragraph for for each companies vision and mission statements and paragraph similarities and differences.
You are required to locate articles that support your selected organization’s vision and mission statements. The selected articles must be peer review journal articles. Include information from the articles in your discussion.