Osoyoos Indian Band Development Corporation

Osoyoos Indian Band Development Corporation
This is a development brand owned by Chief Clarence Louie in Okanagan Valley. He and his team have come so far and achieved great heights through effective management skills. Their vision and mission are “To achieve self-reliance through economic development and to preserve the first nation culture through the creation of jobs on our lands for future generations” (OIBDC). This vision/mission statement helps guide them through setting objective and performance indicators that help in achieving the success of these objectives. This has seen them through great challenges which they have overcome and leveled them to where they are now.
They use two types of planning to help them though their business. This is operational and contingency planning. This is majorly because there business comprises of many subcomponents e.g. winery, resorts, and a golf course. All these components have different functions set within them which help in achieving the overall success of the brand. They, therefore, incorporate the hierarchy of goals which lower level goals that aid in achieving higher level ones. This process, therefore, creates a smooth integration of all business of all business components thereby guaranteeing its overall success (MacDonald 1).
They use joint ventures and leases to create important and useful business relationship that has brought employment for both non-natives and natives of the region of Okanagan Valley. The diversity in business also acts as a contingency since the allow business opportunities in residential, eco-tourism, commercial, agriculture and industrial development.

This guarantees that any short backs can be effectively handled and corrected. Its art and culture also allows its brand to be clearly known to everyone willing to invest in them thereby promoting their brand (OIBDC 1).
Some of their goals and objectives as of 2009 business year include (OIBDC 1):
Acquiring pragmatic knowledge to develop profitable and sustainable business ventures
Acquire valuable contacts and business information
Creating sustainable and profitable business through partnerships
These objectives and goals have helped them acquire great success: 2012, Nk’Mip cellars named the second best in the whole of Canada and the best winery in the west coast. These goals have greatly been achieved through a great planning process and performance indicators like milestones (MacDonald 1).
Louie and his team of councils work hand in hand to ensure the smooth running of all the components of the ensuring integrity, and accountability as their major responsibility focus that guides the role and duty of every employee in the band.
Planning has helped the band realize many benefits like improving flexibility, focus, control, coordination, and action orientation. These benefits are internal, these then lead to more external benefits like creating more employment to the people in and out of the community, improving the development of the region, improving the security of the region and lastly increasing the revenue of the region and thereby improving the living standards in the region.
There still many business venture opportunities that are available through their brand. These opportunities include; Canyon Desert Golf Villas, Senkulmen Business Park, and Spirit Ridge Resort Phase II. These are all performance indicators that the brand that is OIBDC is a business that is worth investing in. The continuity of this success is greatly dependent on the managerial skills which then goes down to the employees who when properly controlled and directed can lead to great success realized by the brand (OIBDC 1).
Works Cited
“Osoyoos Indian band development corporation – mission and vision statement.” 2015. Web. 3 Oct. 2016. Available at: http://oibdc.ca/mission.htmlMacDonald, Jake. How a B.C. Native band went from poverty to prosperity. The Globe and Mail, 29 May 2014. Web. 3 Oct. 2016. Available at: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/rob-magazine/clarence-louie-feature/article18913980/OIBDC, 2009. 2009_OIBDC_First_Nations_Partnerships_Workshop.Pdf, pg1-pg4.