SOCIAL SECTOR

DEVELOPMENT
TRAINING-
WORKSHOP
August 26-28, 2020
UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT BY
RECOGNIZING SOCIAL
DIVIDE
 Development must therefore be
conceived of as a multidimensional
process involving major changes in
social structures, popular attitudes, and
national institutions, as well as the
acceleration of economic growth, the
reduction of inequality, and the
eradication of poverty.
 “Development ... must represent the whole
gamut of change by which an entire social
system, tuned to the diverse basic needs and
desires of individuals and social groups
within that system, moves away from a
condition of life widely perceived as
unsatisfactory toward a situation or condition
of life regarded as materially and spiritually
'better' (1994: 16).”
Social development is
human development.
Societal Divides as Complex Issues

• DYNAMIC
• SOCIAL
• GENERATIVE
Working through Complex Issues
Systems Thinking
• offers you a powerful new perspective, a specialized language, and a
set of tools that you can use to address the most stubborn problems
in your everyday life and work
• is a way of understanding reality that emphasizes the relationships
among a system’s parts, rather than the parts themselves
Fire Accident in a Town
Importance of Systems Thinking
• encourages you to think about problems and solutions with
an eye toward the long view
• Is founded on some basic, universal principles that you will
begin to detect in all arenas of life once you learn to
recognize them.
Importance of Systems Thinking
• It can help you design smart, enduring solutions to problems
• simplest sense, systems thinking gives you a more accurate
picture of reality, so that you can work with a system’s
natural forces in order to achieve the results you desire.