Political Science

The vision, mission, goals and values of an organization are the daily route markers to the destination the organization wants to reach.   They are as good as they are applied daily in the operations of an organization.  They are easily projected by the organization and its employees if practiced by the management who in turn inspire the juniors to ape them in the practice.

This paper will look at these aspects as regards Unemployment Insurance Business Branch.  It will try to critic and make suggestion for developing and enhancing each within the organization.

Discussion
The vision being nothing more than the dream the forbears had can be improved, redeveloped and or enhanced in line with the prevailing conditions.  This vision though still very viable in the present day needs to be enhanced in order to respond to present day conditions.  The critical points by which to evaluate and improve a vision will include whether it is clear. It must be easily understandable and comprehensible.  When this is achieved then people will easily act on it.  This aspect the current vision fully meets.

It must be challenging.  In that it should electrify and give birth to ministry it should pull people out of their seats and into the streets.  This is very hard to evaluate since different people reach different levels of enthusiasm given the same stimulus.  The vision of Unemployment Insurance (UI) falls short in this aspect.  Given the great service UI gives to the society, the current vision statement does not yank one into action.

A vision statement is essentially the picture one believes God will create as regards the organization.  This should be clear and easy for any one reading the statement to see.  The UI statement does achieve this in a simple yet effective way.

It must as of necessity picture the end at the beginning.  This means bridging the past to the future. It makes any reader appreciate the future of the organization.  It also perceives something that is not yet but is possible.  This means it is based on reality not on idealism.  It finally grabs and will not let go.  This is urgency in its achievement on any part party to it.

On this critical part the UI vision falls a tad short.  It captures but misses the emphasis to motivate the organization to urgency.  It is clear that by achieving and satisfying the mentioned guidelines, the vision will truly reflect importance of UI as is seen from the people it assists or has assisted in the society.
An organizations mission is a statement giving the precise direction and purpose of an organization.  It should motivate employees and give them a sense of priority.  It thus is a concise proclamation of the organizations main concerns and aspirations (Olsen, 2006).  Critically looking at the mission statement of Unemployed Insurance, it does clearly fulfill the requirements of a good mission statement.

It is brief and memorable without being flamboyant.  It is distinctive and very precise to UI in that even if the name UI was missing by reading one would know whos mission statement it was.  The purpose of UI is clearly captured and it does indicate the primary function of UI and the stake holders are clearly acknowledged.

It tackles the critical issue on assumption of value, cause (method), possibility and option.  The mission statement also covers the critical issue of meaning, definition, identification and acquisition of knowledge from items mentioned in the statement.  By incorporating solutions to these issues given the present prevailing circumstances, the UI mission statement will be able to capture the present spirit.
One critical aspect for which Unemployed Insurance has failed is by not having a value statement.  These are the acceptable standards which govern the behavior of individuals within an organization (Dale, 2004).  It gives rise to collective values ensuring there is synergy between the individual value systems resulting in behavior an organization would want to encourage within.

When tackling this issue, care will have to be taken since values are very dear to individuals - they define who a particular individual is.  In some instances, people will do defensive when issues they value are addressed in a manner they feel is disrespectful.  It is important therefore to scrutinize them since they have either a positive or negative impact on resolutions, precedences, strategies, tactics and performance.  It is thus imperative to assess values as globalization has made organizations so powerful that their decisions affect all.

The goals of an organization determine who effective it is in exploiting the scarce resources available to it.  They clearly state the long-range aim for a specific period and are unambiguous and not idealistic.  When through strategic planning, they are translated into activities that achievement of the goal through operational planning.

Unemployed Insurance has done a commendable job in generating organizational goals and further splitting them to sixteen specific objectives.  This allows for an increased probability of the goals achievement, increased organizational efficiency and generally organizational growth.  It makes it easier to clearly pin point in time when there is a deviation from the desired in a timely manner.  This also allows for the engagement of remedial measures that are objective targeted to the particular deviation instead of having broad based measures.

By each goal having its accompanying objectives, it will be easy to cascade growth, and overlapping functions hat depend on each other for the completion of the achievement of the big picture will be easily accomplished.  All players will be clear on specific requirements and in cases of cooperative requirements, exactly who to cooperate with.

Conclusion
Unemployed Insurance has done a commendable in creating vision, mission, goals and values.  It has however fallen short in particular aspects especially in the area of values.  It must as a matter of development for the organization to develop a value statement by which to guide the employees with.
It must tap and channel the energies from the staff value system and use it for the betterment of UI.  By making a value statement, UI will be clearly defining what it wants done, who it wants achieved and to which extent it will allow the staff to deviate from the norm.  This will create a basis from which incoming new staff will be able to mould their values in line with the organizational one.
Unemployed insurance has managed to achieve structural and resource allocation efficiency which is very commendable.  As a matter of fact, it has managed to very ably adapt to the changing time. As commendable as it may, there is need for UI to reevaluate their payout figure in lieu of changing demographics, raising cost of living and unemployment as a result of economic slow down.

The contributions are bound to be affected by the number of organizations still doing business.  Also, the continued relocation of non skilled jobs out of California will not only increase the numbers of unemployed but also reduce the chance of non skilled workers getting another job even where they are willing.  It is thus imperative that UI incorporate, upgrading of skills of the unemployed as a way of making them more likely to get employment.