3. Identify the core mission of the organization. This step helps to identify the underlying purpose or core mission of the organization, as derived from how it responds to external demands. Attention is directed at discovering the mission as it is revealed in the organization’s behavior, not as it is pronounced in the organization’s official statement of purpose. This is accomplished by examining the organization and environment transactions identified in step 1 and 2 then assessing the values that seem to underlie those interactions. These values provide clues about the actual identity or mission of the organization.