FUNCTIONS OF

COMMUNITY
COMMUNITY
•A community is a group of people in the
same geographic area, under common
laws, that has a sense of fellowship,
belonging, and obligation to the group.
 ME AS A MEMBER OF MY
COMMUNITY!

•Share your thoughts and your

responsibility as a member of
your community.
FIVE FUNCTIONS OF COMMUNITY

production-distribution-consumption,
socialization,
social control,
social participation, and
mutual support
PRODUCTION-DISTRIBUTION-
CONSUMPTION

The community provides its

members with the means to make a
living.
 SOCIALIZATION

The community has means by which

it instills its norms and values in its
members.
 SOCIAL CONTROL

The community has the means to

enforce adherence to community
values.
 SOCIAL PARTICIPATION

The community fulfills the need for

companionship.
 MUTUAL SUPPORT

The community enables its members to

cooperate to accomplish tasks too large or
too urgent to be handled by a single person.