community as a social system - diploma of community services
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Community as a Social
System
Guy Byrnes
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Session Objectives
• Social Systems explained
• Community Functioning
• Elements of Community
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Social Systems
• Interactions follow systemic patterns
• People form groups/unit that interact with
other groups
• Social interaction forms communities
• Common places of interactions
• Common interactions and interests
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Community functioning
• Interaction
• Community Participation
• Government, development agents,
organisations
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Elements of a Community
• Local society
• Community field
• Community structures
• Power networks
• Strong and weak ties
• Community Narratives
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For more information…
This is just a brief introduction to community as a
social system. Find out more about our Diploma
of Community Services by visiting our website at:
http://www.australiscollege.edu.au