Since 1960 general management is talking about strategic intent. Importance of vision, mission & values were discussed a lot for telecom, manufacturing & consulting firms. Construction sector was always at the backseat in these big terms; my colleague said that we rather focus on building big than just talking big! He may be wrong but the question is not this; my concern is- are these really not important for this sector?
"Mission statement of an organization is more like a thought in back of the mind of top management of the organization while making any decision"
Sustaining a particular ideology is not easy when people switch job so rapidly. It's like you scattered seed for growth & watered also; but it was stolen/sold to someone else at the time when it became a tree to produce food. I thought that at least government organizations can have employees with good loyalty & higher values; there it may be the case that visions are being achieved. But government organizations' vision changes with the change in government, policies changes there are more rapid than private firms.
Construction sector is the second most job creator after agriculture & food production combined. Revenue generation from it is huge but the welfare of society is happening in terms of huge marvelous structures only. Firms don't care of workers (mainly uneducated labors), they are underpaid & they work like machines, day & night for filling their stomach only. Specially condition of workers are worst in Asian construction conglomerates working in middle east.
We sit in boardrooms and we celebrate the success of milestones, discussions about the conditions of workmen comes sometime & we do present our values & vision about the great organization; but mere sad truth of life is-
all these talks were & may be will be restricted to boardrooms only.
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