SOCIAL GROUPS

AND

SOCIAL ORGANIZATIONS

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 SOCIAL GROUP

 Unit of interacting personalities with

interdependence of roles and statuses existing
between and among themselves.

 Collection of people where members interact on

a regular basis, guided by structure and
agreements, defined by roles and
responsibilities.
 SOCIAL ORGANIZATION

 Type of collectivity established for the pursuit of

specific aims or goals.

 Characterized by a formal structure of rules,

authority relations, a division of labor and limited
membership or admission.
OTHER COLLECTIONS NOT CONSIDERED AS
SOCIAL GROUPS

 AGGREGATES

 COLLECTIVITY

 SOCIAL CATEGORY
CHARACTERISTICS OF SOCIAL GROUP

 Group members interact on a fairly regular

basis through communication.
 Members should develop a structure where
each member assumes a specific status and
adopts a particular role.
 Certain orderly procedures and values are
agreed upon.
 The members of the group feel a sense of
identity.
 TYPES OF SOCIAL GROUPS
According to Social Ties

Primary Group
• It is the most fundamental unit of human society.

• A long-lasting group

• Characterized by strong ties of love and affection.

• Do’s and Don’ts of behavior are learned here.

Examples:
Families, Gangs, Cliques, Play Groups, Friendship Groups
SECONDARY GROUPS

 Groups with which the individual comes in contact later in life.

 Characterized by impersonal, business-like, contractual,
formal and casual relationship.
 Usually Large in size, not very enduring and limited
relationships.
 People needed other people for the satisfaction of their
complex needs.

Examples:
Industrial Workers; business associates, Faculty Staff,
Company Employees
ACCORDING TO SELF-IDENTIFICATION
IN-GROUP
 a social unit in which individuals feel at home and with which
they identify.
OUT-GROUP
 a social unit to which individuals do not belong due to
differences in social categories and with which they do not
identify.
REFERENCE/PSYCHOLGICAL GROUP
 groups to which we consciously or unconsciously refer when
we evaluate our life situations and behavior but to which we do
not necessarily belong.
 It serve a comparison function

 It has a normative function

ACCORDING TO FORM OF ORGANIZATION
 Formal Groups
Social organization
Deliberately formed and their purpose and
objectives are explicitly defined.
Their goals are clearly stated and the division of
labor is based on member’s ability or merit
 Informal Groups

Arises spontaneously out of the interactions of two or more

persons.
It is unplanned
Has no explicit rules for membership and does not have specific
objectives to be attained.
It has the characteristics of primary groups and members are
bound by emotion and sentiments.

 Relationship Groups

Groups organized to fulfill the feeling of companionship.