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ORGANIZATION AND COOPERATION
An organization is a collection of people which manages its resources to satisfy its individual and group goals. On the other hand, cooperation means working together for the common good of all.
Human beings live together in communities. A community is a group of people living together in one place. Human beings live in communities for different reasons. A community offers protection, ed resources and amenities such as electricity and water supply. People in the community can cooperate to make it function properly.
Organizations in the Community
A community is made up of people and organizations with different roles and functions.
- Hospitals: They are to provide medical care for sick or injured people within a community. It may be privately owned by individuals or the government.
- Schools: They are institutions that provide education to students at different levels from primary, secondary to university level. It can be privately owned or owned by the government.
- Police: They are in the community to ensure the protection of lives and properties. They are government owned responsible for the prevention and detection of crimes and the maintenance of laws and orders within the community.
- Fire department: It is government owned in charge of preventing and fighting fire.
- Pressure Groups
- Prisons
- Family
- Political Parties
- Government offices
Benefits of Living Together
The following are the benefits of living together. They are:
- Cooperation in solving common problems.
- Protection of one another.
- Sense of belonging.
- Sharing things together.
Problems of Living Together
- Disagreement
- Bad feelings
- Harming one another
- Misunderstanding
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