CE

• TYPOLOGIES

  1. Formal and Informal Communities
  2. Rural and Urban Communities
  3. Local and Global Communities
• Formal

  • business firm, people are assigned positions (job description and functions)
  • group is created per official authority to fulfill certain goals 
  • group possesses a systematic hierarchical structure
  • position of a member defines their relationship
  • professional relationship among members
  • flow of communication is restricted due to the chain of command
• Informal

  • jogging enthusiasts
  • formed according to likes, interests, and attitudes of the members
  • has a loose structure. the members join to satisfy their social needs
  • every member is as important as any other member
  • personal relationship among members
  • flow of communication stretches in all directions
• Urban

  • higher population density, more diverse subgroups (ethnic, racial, cultural, age, sexual orientation)
  • various industries and businesses
  • large portion of the population lives in rented apartments/homes
  • transportation is readily available, but costly
  • highly developed with buildings
  • traffic noise and level
  • large population gives rise to close interaction and more intens
• Local Community

  • close social integration and physical proximity
  • group of people sharing the same environment and conditions (intent, belief, resources, preferences, needs, and risks)
• Rural

  • population density is low, tend to live apart from each other
  • area is situated geographically distant from larger urban each areas 
  • typically specialize in a particular form of livelihood (farming)
• Global Community

  • integration and interaction between groups far away from each other
  • Global - nations of the world considered closely connected by modern telecommunication, and are economically, socially, and politically independent
• SECTORS

  
  

  1. Health - medical and mental health professionals
  2. Education - public and private schools
  3. Law Enforcement - local and state police, court system
  4. Government
  5. Business
  6. Youth
  7. The Media
  8. Human Services
  9. Religion
  10. Service/Fraternal Organization
  11. Community Activist Volunteer Groups 
  12. Culture
  13. Housing Development
  14. Sports and Recreation
  15. The Environment
  16. Agriculture
• Social Spaces

  • physical or virtual space where members visit or stay
• Community Power

  • capacity of the community to exercise control over activities and seek ways to employ available resources to establish a stronger and successful community
• Important factors in achieving effective community power

  1. Knowledge
  2. Relationships
  3. Programs
  4. Members and Leaders
• Knowledge

  • is the Civic involvement in identifying important issues
• Relationship

  • citizen's voice in public authorization and decision-making
• Programs

  • Developing structures or systems for shared power and decision-making
• Members and Leaders

  • Shared leadership
  • Leadership development planning
• Ways for a community to build power (Kahl 2009)

  • Civic involvement in identifying important issues
  • Citizen's voice in public authorization and decision-making
  • Developing structures or systems for shared power and decision-making
  • Shared leadership
  • Leadership development planning
• Leadership


  Leader - a person who has the responsibility of controlling or taking charge of a particular group

  • The guidance of a good leader in a group ensures the coherence of plans and better implementation of programs
• These are some of the points that would be very essential to this nation's community leaders (Ricketts and Place 2009)


  Major Components of being a better leader

  1. Effective Communication
  2. Development of Social Capital Building
  3. Community Engagement
  4. Collaboration
• Relationship

  • The success of a community will be more meaningful if its members have harmonious relationships with each other

  1. Persons can give and receive support
  2. Encouragement
  3. Praise
  4. Information
• Social Change

  • changes that occur in the social order of a society

  1. Nature
  2. Social Institutions (TESDA)
  3. Social behavior/relations (FWN GLOBAL 100)
• Community Sector - various groups of large community based on characteristics (social, political, economic, cultural, and religious beliefs)
• Health

  • medical, and mental health professionals
• Education

  • public and private preschools
• Law Enforcement

  • local and state police
• Government

  • regional, provincial, state, local, and tribal government bureaucracies
• Business

  • self-employed carpenter to multinational corporation with a local facility
• Youth

  • youth themselves and those who work with
• The Media

  • newspapers and magazines
• Human Services

  • non profit professional and volunteer organizations
• Religion

  • places of worship and their members
• Service/Fraternal Organization

  • The Lions, Rotary
• Community Activist Volunteer Groups

  • Individuals for or against political issues
• Culture

  • artists
• Housing Development

  • public and private non-profit housing agencies
• Sports and Recreation

  • sports club
• The Environment

  • individual environmentalist
• Agriculture

  • rural areas