Elements of Organizational Capacity . Here are sixteen elements of an organization that change as it gets stronger. . As an organization develops more altruism, it develops more capacity. The degree to which members of the organization share values, especially the idea that they belong to a common entity that supersedes the interest of members within it. . The more that an organization's members share, or at least understand and tolerate, each others values and attitudes, the stronger their organization will be.
Poor communication means a weak organization. .
Positive attitudes, willingness, self motivation, enthusiasm, optimism, self-reliant rather than dependency attitudes, willingness to fight for its rights, avoidance of apathy and fatalism, a vision of what is possible. Increased strength includes increased confidence. . The legal environment. . When politicians, leaders, technocrats and civil servants, as well as their laws and regulations, take a patronizing approach, the organization is weak, while if they take an enabling approach to the organization acting on a self-managed basis, the organization will be stronger. . More than just having or receiving unprocessed information, the strength of the organization depends upon the ability to process and analyse that information, the level of awareness, knowledge and wisdom found among key individuals and within the group as a whole. .