THEORETICAL BASE

OF COMMUNITY
ORGANIZATION
MERRYANN BALLADA, DONETTE DIOLA,JHEROME
JASALAN,ANDRESA LASDUCE,QEODILYN QUILOJANO
WHAT IS
COMMUNITY?
- (Arlene Johnson)defined a
community as "a group of people
gathered together in a geographic
area, large or small, who have
common interests, actual or
potentially recognized in the
social welfare field.”

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 WHAT IS THE CONCEPTS OF COMMUNITY

• (Roland Warren) developed the concept of community as a multitude of systems many

of which were influenced by their vertical relationship than by their horizontal
relationships. As a social system, the community may be either geographic or functional
in nature.

• A functional community on the other hand is composed of the people who hold
common values, share some common functions or express some common interest such
as education, health, livelihood, labor, welfare or creation.

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What is community organization?
(Murray Ross) defines community organization as a process
of identifying problems and needs, prioritizing them,
formulating solutions in solving problems/attaining needs
and implementing them through cooperative and abortive
efforts which results to improved capacity in community
problem-solving process and community integration.
(Arthur Dunham) however defines CO as the process of
matching needs with resources and as a conscious process
of social interaction concerned with three types of objectives
which are task process goals and relationship goals.
(Perlman)and (Gurin )on the other hand defines CO as a
process of finding solutions to social problems by
redistributing resources, functions and decision-making
power

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Integrating Ross,Dunham's,Perlman and Gurin's foregoing definitions with other
concepts, community organization has therefore been defined "as a method of
social work that uses the conscious process of social interaction of meeting any or
all of the following objectives:
1. the meeting of broad needs and bringing about and maintaining adjustment
between needs and resources in a community.
2. helping people to deal more effectively with their problems, needs and
aspirations by helping them develop. Strengthen and maintain qualities of
participation, self-direction, cooperation and integrations of efforts.

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3. bringing about changes in community and group
relationship, in policies and in the distribution of
decision-making power.
At deals with problem solving in response to
problems and needs.
It seeks social change for the greater good.
It involves the process of social interaction.
It involves people's participation in planning and
implementation of plans."

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THANK YOU!