Picasso-Reliable staff, especially related to administration, helps make the organization more sustainable.
-When board members are homogeneous, it can lead to less conflict -Positive spirit is reflected within and even outside the organization, in the long term assisting with community recognition -Centrality of top administrators can hurt the organization’s long run sustainability -Having a deep understanding of what organizational sustainability is important -Being open to feedback and outside assistance/assessment can lead to further sustainability -Through Picasso’s already complex understanding of org sustinability & the new ideas brought through the action reseach, we realized just how complex organizational sustainability is. |
Rivera- Importance and relevance of organizational theory: Seeing people as helpless can render them incapable of supporting the organization or themselves.
- Flexibility of methodology when working with organizations through action research. - Each organization is different, and set various priorities to the factors that contribute to their organizational sustainability. However, through our experience in this project, we are reminded that no priority should be more important to meet than that of the goal of it’s mission and vision. - Community mapping process drew our attention to the communal awareness and energy of the youth.Community mapping process drew our attention to the communal awareness and energy of the youth. |