IPA IP 2025 Question 29
A question IPA Japan published in 令和7年度 ITパスポート試験 公開問題 問29, translated into English. ITPEC is based on the same exams.
When the core concepts of corporate management are presented by dividing them into three (3), namely mission, vision, and value, which of the following is the most appropriate as what is presented as the vision?
Explanation
The desired state at a certain point in time, based on the company's significance of existence and mission — that is the vision.
The three layers of a company's core concepts:
- •Mission: why the company exists, its purpose and role in society
- •Vision: the future state the company aims to reach at some point, building on the mission (“what we want to be by year X”)
- •Value: the values and code of conduct the employees share in pursuing the mission and the vision
Strategies are set to realize the vision, and below them come the measures for carrying a strategy out, such as CSFs and KPIs.
Answer (b)
Why not others:
- •(a) — the significance of existence and the mission of the company is the mission itself
- •(c) — performance management indicators important for realizing a strategy are KPIs (key performance indicators)
- •(d) — success factors important for realizing a strategy are CSFs (critical success factors)
Key rule: Mission = why we exist, vision = what we aim to become, value = how we act; CSFs and KPIs sit below them, in carrying out the strategy.
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