Community Organization Introduction
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According to Lindeman, what is the primary goal of community organisation?

  • To identify common needs of a group of people
  • To secure the highest services from specialists and institutions
  • To develop recognised inter relations among specialists and institutions
  • To control community affairs democratically (correct)
  • What does Russell H.Kurrtz's definition of community organisation primarily focus on?

  • Casework and group work
  • Program relationships in the social work setting (correct)
  • People in the social work setting
  • Common needs of a group of people
  • Which of the following definitions of community organisation is most focused on the collective efforts of a group?

  • Walter W.Pettit's definition
  • Lindeman's definition
  • Wayne Mcmillen's definition (correct)
  • Russell H.Kurrtz's definition
  • What is the main difference between community organisation and casework, according to Russell H.Kurrtz?

    <p>Community organisation deals with programs, while casework deals with people</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary cause of residual problems in a community?

    <p>Breakdown of the producing system or the consuming public</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the ultimate goal of community organisation, according to Walter W.Pettit?

    <p>To help people recognise their common needs and meet these needs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which of the following is a characteristic of community organisation, according to Lindeman's definition?

    <p>It is a conscious effort to control community affairs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of community organization?

    <p>To provide unity of action</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of community according to Arlene Johnson?

    <p>A group of people with common interests, actual or potential</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of organization according to Plunkett and Attner?

    <p>The orderly arrangement of group effort to provide unity of action</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is community organization according to Murray G. Ross (1967)?

    <p>A process by which a community identifies its needs or objectives, and finds resources to deal with them</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the elements of organization according to Plunkett and Attner?

    <p>Social entity, goal-directed, deliberately structured and coordinated activity system, linkage to the external environment</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary goal of community organization in social work?

    <p>To raise people's awareness and mobilize resources to address their needs</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the definition of community organizing in the Philippines?

    <p>Development by the people, of the people and for the people</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of leaders in community organization?

    <p>To lift up the depressed spirits of people and unite them to rebuild their communities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the outcome of community organization in social work?

    <p>Sustained social change</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process of community organization?

    <p>Identifying needs, setting objectives, and taking action collectively</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the focus of community organization?

    <p>Common needs and aspirations of the community</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is community organization practiced in?

    <p>Wherever the objective is to achieve or maintain a pooling of the talents and resources of two or more groups</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who defined community organization as a process of finding solutions to social problems by redistributing resources, functions, and decision-making power?

    <p>Perlman and Gurin</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary method of social work that deals with intervention in the communities to solve community problems?

    <p>Community Organization</p> Signup and view all the answers

    According to Arthur Dunham, what is community organization concerned with?

    <p>Task goals, process goals, and relationship goals</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of a professional change agent in community organization?

    <p>To help the community action system to engage in planned collective action</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who defined community organization as a process by which the people of a community join together to determine social welfare needs and plan ways?

    <p>C.F. McNeil</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is community organization as a process?

    <p>The adjustment of needs and resources of a community</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What type of community is composed of people who hold common values or share common functions?

    <p>Functional community</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a characteristic of community organization?

    <p>It is practiced by professionally-trained social workers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a key aspect of the helping process in community organization?

    <p>Analysis of baseline data with the participation of the people involved</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a type of community that does not have physical contact?

    <p>Virtual community</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is a distinctive feature of community organization?

    <p>It is based on a body of knowledge and principles</p> Signup and view all the answers

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