Social Organization

In sociology, a social organization is a pattern of relationships between and among individuals and social groups.

Characteristics of social organization can include qualities such as sexual composition, spatiotemporal cohesion, leadership structure, division of labor, communication systems, and so on.

And because of these characteristics of social organization, people can monitor their everyday work and involvement in other activities that are controlled forms of human interaction. These interactions include: affiliation, collective resources, substitutability of individuals and recorded control. These interactions come together to constitute common features in basic social units such as family, enterprises, clubs, states, et cetera. These are social organizations.

Social organizations happen in everyday life. Many people belong to various social structures--institutional and informal. These include clubs, professional organizations, and religious institutions. To have a sense of identity with the social organization, being closer to one another helps build a sense of community. While organizations link many like-minded people, it can also cause a separation with others not in their organization due to the differences in thought. Social organizations are structured to where there is a hierarchical system. A hierarchical structure in social groups influences the way a group is structured and how likely it is that the group remains together. 

Four other interactions can also determine if the group stays together. A group must have a strong affiliation within itself. To be affiliated with an organization, it must know and recognize that you are a member. The organization gains power through the collective resources of these affiliations. Often affiliates have something invested in these resources that motivate them to continue to make the organization better. On the other hand, the organization must keep in mind the substitutability of these individuals. While the organization needs the affiliates and the resources to survive, it also must be able to replace leaving individuals to keep the organizations going. Because of all these characteristics, it can often be difficult to be organized within the organization. This is where recorded cobtrol comes in, as writing things down makes them more clear and organized.

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