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Meaning of community Organization



Community organization

In social work profession there are three basic methods of working with people (individuals, groups and communities). The third basic method is community organization. Social casework is aimed at helping individuals on one-to-one basis and social group work seeks to facilitate the development of individuals through group activities. The aim of community organisation is ‘developing capacity’ in the community ‘by making it more organised’ to handle its own needs or problems. Community organisation is a well-established method in social work. It has value orientation and the practice is guided by a set of general principles.

The term community organisation has several meanings. It is being often used synonymous to community work, community development and community mobilization. In general, community organisation means helping the community to solve its problems.
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In sociology we learn that society and social institutions are more than just a collection of individuals. It includes how those individuals are linked to each other. These are sets of systems such as economy, political organisation, value, ideas, belief systems, technology, and patterns of expected behaviors (social interaction). It means that just a collection of individuals living at a common place are not necessarily organised. To call them organised they need to have a set of common ideas and expectations. This gives them a social structure and some social processes that make the organisation something (social). It goes beyond the individuals that compose the community.

Further it is important to note that just forming various groups in community having some structure or form (e.g. having a president, treasurer, secretary, etc.) does not make the community organised. It is not the multiplicity of institutions, interest groups or set of activities, which make an organised community. Actually it may create more conflicts and disrupt normal life. Thus the important determining factors of community organisation are interaction, integration and co-ordination of the existing institutions, interest groups and activities, and evolving new groups and institutions if necessary, to meet the changing conditions and needs of the community.

Source: * Dr. Suresh Pathare, TISS, Tuljapur (PDF File)


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