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COMMUNITY DYNAMICS

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• COMMUNITY: - Group of people
• DYNAMICS : - Self-motivated person, active person,
energetic person known as dynamics for development
of the community.
• Community Dynamics (also known as Biological
Succession) Community Dynamics is the process of
change and development in communities of all living
organisms—including plants, microorganisms, and
small and large creatures of every sort. Populations of
an organism will appear in an environment as its
requirements for establishment are met.
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• Community Dynamics strive to bring about positive social change
through community based programming
Significance:
• To work with community to think creatively and act strategically so
that community can achieve their goals
• At community Dynamics believes that creative and sustainable
programming that works to raise the quality of living for those most
vulnerable to poverty and exploitation.
What are the dynamics at community level
• Integrative forces
• Disintegrative forces
• Participative group and groupism
• Functions of subgroups
• Gender empowerment

1. Integrative Forces/Integrative thinking: process of integrating


intuition, reason and imagination in a human mind with a view to
developing a holistic continuum of strategy, tactics actions, review
and evaluation for addressing a problem in any field.
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• A problem may be defined as the difference between what one has
and what one needs.
• Integrative thinking may be learned by applying the SOARA
(satisfying, optimum, achievable results ahead)

2. Disintegrative Force: Processes are seen as positive whereas people


who fail to go through positive disintegration may remain for their
entire lives in a state of primary integration.
3. Participative Group: This is known by many names including;
• Shared leadership
• Community empowerment
• Community involvement
• Participative decision making
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4. Groupism: The tendency to think and act as members of a
group in the concept which makes everyone to feel
• Empathy
• Sympathy
• “We” feeling
• Goal achievement
5. Subgroup: A group formed of a subset of members drawn
from a larger parent group.
• Subgroups are autonomous though members of the parent group
may choose to join a subgroup rather than be assigned.
• Members in a subgroup is ultimately controlled by the parent group
and its owner.
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Subgroup
• Subset of members drawn from a larger parent group
• A user joins a group and is put into smaller group, (e.g. committee,
teams) which might have access to resources that the larger group
has
Functions
• Work towards goal achievement
• Motivate the members
• Organise meetings with the members
• Organise meetings with the external agent
• Liaising with government and others
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Minority Group:
• A minority is a sociological category within a demographic
• Those who don’t hold the majority of positions of a social power in a
society

6. Gender Empowerment
• Gender empowerment is conceived as a process by which women can
overcome many of the hurdles that they face such as education, work
status, employment opportunities, health care, social security,
position in decision making by virtue of their gender.
• THUS: gender empowerment veritably implies empowerment of
women to do away with Subordination, or discrimination and
injustice done to them in male dominated society.
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Understanding Communities and Their Dynamics.
• There are seven core competencies that focus on the
ability to understand community of place, the nature
of public issues, the dynamics and interdependencies
of the various segments of the community, and the
basics of community development work.
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1. Introduction to Community
• Want to know more about the principles of doing
good community development work? Here is the
starting line.
• Covering the dynamics of community life, this
introduction helps you discover some of the key
characteristics of a community that can facilitate (or
impede) the development of effective community-
improvement programs.
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2. Community Demographics
• Doing quality community development work is pretty
difficult if you lack a sound understanding of the
current and emerging features of your community and
its population.
• What are the population, economic, and social
conditions and trends in your community?
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3. Community Situational Analysis
• Every community has challenges that impede its
ability to become stronger and more vibrant. But,
taking the time to truly understand the mix of issues
impacting the well-being of a community is crucial.
Learn how to engage community members and
groups in a systematic, step-by-step process for
uncovering high priority issues and taking action.
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4. Community Economics
• Money comes and goes, but knowing who is bringing it in,
how it is being invested, and how it is leaving the community
is important to supporting a vibrant economy.

5. Mapping Community Assets


• Sound community development work depends on helping
citizens understand that every community has something
that can be described as an asset. Too often communities
spend so much time focused on the resources that they lack
that they fail to appreciate the opportunities and advantages
they do have.
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6. Community Power Dynamics
• Knowing the visible and “behind the scenes” leaders
in a community is crucial to any effort by a group to
promote and advance key community development
activities. Find out about the important layers of
leadership in your community and a straightforward
manner for identifying the various leadership roles
that individuals play.
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7. Community Development Process
• Several approaches can facilitate the ability of
communities to get things done. Learn about some
valuable tools and procedures – both past and present
– that can offer a valuable roadmap on how to pursue
good community development
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