An organization is a group of persons who satisfy established membership requirement and whose form and function are generally acknowledged. An organization's membership requirements may be based on inherited or earned traits. Organizations exist because they provide a setting in which members with similar traits can meet their physical and their socioemotional needs. As the relative importance of members 'physical and socio-emotional needs change, membership requirements and organizational emphasis must adjust for an organization to survive. Social capital is sympathy one person or group has for another person or group. The strength and distribution of sympathetic relationships or social capital within an organization will determine the kinds of goods exchanged within the organization, the stability of the organization, and how power is distributed and exercised within the organization.