To identify data elements that support Amazon's business processes, the following steps are required: planning, developing a business model and processes, explaining business processes with documentation. This involves requiring information, conceptual design, defining data elements to ensure everyone understands their implications. The specific steps an organization would take to define those data elements include identifying what data is needed, where it can be found, collecting the data, ensuring data quality, reporting the data, communicating about the data, and using the data to improve programs. These steps help Amazon employees understand data elements easily and make informed decisions.