Associations: Doomed to failure?

I have been a member of associations for several years, and with the experience lived from within, I share my thoughts:

1.      1.The associations systematically have governance problems. And with governability I mean that situations happen such as: no one is responsible for legal problems for example that arise, or do not assume responsibly the functions that are responsible, and even less account for their activities, by the mere fact of knowing oneself as owner, and assuming that since there are several owners at least, no blame or sanction will fall on them. This has as a consequence that many associations, I would dare to say that 90% disappear, fail in the attempt or in the best of cases continue to exist but in a precarious way, without any expected result.

2.       2.  Associations usually lack professionalism, they look for friends who are good people to associate and it does not matter if they do not have the knowledge, or the professional preparation to assume the risks and responsibilities, and in that way they enter a vicious circle that ends for disappearing the association in the short or medium term.

3.       3.  The members of the associations often start with the same vision but if there is no continuous accompaniment in time, their members change or qualify their vision and when there are problems they do not agree and this leads to consecutive and cyclical crises that They deteriorate the social fabric of the organization.

4.      4.  Many times within associations are hired as managers or managers to people who have a profile more than assistant to strategist, and keep it because in many cases they say YES LORD to everything, and do not contradict. The question falls from mature: how to contradict your boss? Who pays your salary every month? ... is expose you to stay without chamba, and servility replaces professionalism.

5.     5.  The associations have weaknesses in strategic planning, they have a hard time understanding the organizational processes, understanding the subject of human resources management, and underestimate training in these subjects because they see them as small and assume that they do not represent a threat to the organization, which is false. An organization is strong if its human resources are happy and satisfied and most importantly if its clients or partners are loyal.

I believe that in the Peruvian idiosyncrasy, where informality, job insecurity and unprofessionalism abound, it is necessary to provide ongoing professional advice and accompaniment so that associations can be strengthened.