Forms and Functions of Social Organization

1. Understanding Culture, Society, and
Politics
MAXIMO F. TORENTO JR.
SUBJECT TEACHER

2. Prayer
Almighty loving FATHER, we praise you..
we give YOU thanks.
As we about to tackle our topic today, may you
bless us with wisdom to understand our lesson.
May YOUR light shines upon us that we may have
strength to empower us in our daily endeavor.

3. Prayer
Guide our thoughts and actions that we may set
good examples to our classmates, friends and
loved ones.
Thank you for providing us our daily needs, and
waking us to savor the goodness of life
each day and everyday.
All these we ask, in the name of Jesus and all the prophets
who came to honor YOUR name
Amen

4. Preliminaries
• Checking of attendance
• House rules
1. avoid being late in attending the class, you will disturb
the class.
2. write a letter of excuse to let the teacher know that
you will be absent.
3. be attentive and participate in the discussion
4. CHEATING is a crime

5. Review
• What is SOCIALIZATION?
• Why people need to SOCIALIZE?

6. Week 6
Forms and Functions of Social
Organization

7. Social Organization
- It is the organization of society.
- It is a system or pattern of relationships
among individuals or in groups.

8. Social Organization

9. Form Social Organization
1. Political Organization
Political organization refers to the structures,
institutions, and systems that help manage and govern
the political affairs of a society.
Ex.
• Government
• Legislative Branch
• Executive Branch
• Judicial Branch

10. Form Social Organization
2. Economic Organization
Economic organization refers to the structures, institutions, and
systems that govern economic activities within a society. It
encompasses how resources are allocated, how goods and services
are produced, distributed, and consumed.
Ex.
• Businesses and Firms or companies
• Labor Organizations
• Financial Markets
• Supply Chains
• Financial Institutions, etc.

11. Form Social Organization
3. Religious Organization
A religious organization, often referred to as a religious
institution or religious body, is an organized group or entity
dedicated to the practice, promotion, and propagation of a
particular religion or belief system.
Ex.
Church

12. Form Social Organization
4. Educational Organization
Educational organizations refer to institutions, entities, or
groups that are primarily focused on providing education.
These organizations play a critical role in the development and
dissemination of knowledge and skills.
Ex.
Pre-school, primary, secondary,
higher education, or
vocational training levels.

13. Social Structure
Refers to the independent network of
roles and hierarchy of statuses which define
the reciprocal expectations and the power
arrangement of the members of the social
unit guided by norms (Sheriff and Sheriff
1969:150).

14. Key components of social structure
1. Hierarchies: Social structures often involve hierarchies
or systems of ranking and authority.
These hierarchies can be based on factors like age,
gender, class, or occupation. They influence who has
power and control in a society.

15. Key components of social structure
2. Roles and Statuses: In any social structure, individuals occupy particular
roles and statuses. A role is a set of expected behaviors and
responsibilities associated with a particular position or status.
For example, the role of a teacher includes instructing students, grading
assignments, and maintaining discipline.

16. Key components of social structure
3. Social Interaction: Social
structures influence how people
interact with one another. They
determine the types of
relationships and interactions
that are considered appropriate
or acceptable in a given society.

17. Social Function
- Refers to the results of action that
occur in relation to a particular structure and
includes the results of the activities of
individuals occupying particular statuses
(Schwartz 1986:181).

18. Basic Functions of Social Organization
1. To regulate proper relationship among
individuals in the organization.
Ex. Make laws, and ordinances
2. To materialize and implement effective
and welfare works in the society.
Ex. Head the state, lead the school, lead the
company, give court decisions, provide
needs for the family

19. Social Group
It is a unit of people who interact with some
regularity, and who identify themselves as one
unit.
It is a collection of people interacting
together in an orderly way based on shared
expectations about another’s behavior.

20. Social Group
1. Primary groups - those
which are small but
intimate, direct access and
interaction with each
other, emotional bond (i.e.
close friends and family).

21. Social Group
2. Secondary groups –
formed to perform a specific
purpose, members interact for
the accomplishment of purpose,
usually formal and impersonal
(i.e. becoming friends with co-
workers).

22. Social Group
3. In-groups –
Are those groups in which
one belongs and those
which elicit a sense of
loyalty from the individual.
(i.e. being part of the women’s
basketball team allows one bond
with teammates and join pep
rallies to support the team).

23. Social Group

24. Social Group
5. Reference groups
Are those that provide an
individual with a set of
standards to check against
and to know if one is
doing well or where he or
she needs improvement
(i.e. neophyte scientist
considers his superiors as
reference groups).

25. Social Institutions
“consists of all the structural components of
a society through which the main concerns
and activities are organized, and social needs
are met”.

26. Social institutions
Some examples of social institutions are the following:
1. Family is a social institution found in all societies that
unites people in cooperative group to care or one another
including any children.
2. Economy is the social institutions that organizes a
society’s production, distribution, and consumption of
goods and services”.(market)

27. Social institutions
3. Education is the “acquisition of knowledge, skills,
values and beliefs”(school).
4. Civil society is the population of groups formed for
collective purpose primarily outside of the State and
marketplace (public, commoners).

28. Social institutions
5. Religion is a set of symbols that invoke feelings of
reverence or awe, which are linked to rituals
practiced by the community of believers(church).

29. Drill: “where do I belong”
Structure
Function
Group(forms)
Institution
Social Organization

30. Drill.
Chief executive officer
President
Head the State
Lead the Company
Chief Justice
Senator
Principal
Gives court decision
Family
Religion
Education
Economy
Lead the school
Civil society
Father
Provide needs for the family
Instruction:
Tell whether what social organization these words belong.
Reference
secondary
Out-groups
Make Laws
In-Groups
Primary

31. Key Answer
Group Institution Structure Function
Chief executive officer
President
Senator
Principal
Father
Head the State
Gives court decision
Chief Justice
Lead the school
Family
Economy
Education
Civil society
Religion
Provide needs for the family
Reference
In-groups
Lead the Company
Secondary
Primary
Out-groups
Make Laws

32. GENERALIZATION (Valuing)
• How important is social organization in human
development?

33. Individual learning
• Study for an Oral Test next meeting
• Coverage:(week 1-week6)