Chapter 5: The Community Organizing Cycle

Question 1

What is the community organizing cycle?

Answer 1

It involves a leadership team that goes through a non-linear process in the efforts to explain what needs to happen in a community organizing effort.

Question 2

What are the steps in the organizing cycle?

Answer 2

Leadership
Research
Plan
Implementation
Management and monitoring
Evaluate

Question 3

What are the six common leadership approaches?

Answer 3

1. Single leadership
2. Power elites
3. Representative democracies
4. Self-selecting teams
5. Cells
6. Connectivities

Question 4

What is the single leader model?

Answer 4

When one strong person arises to power. Can only be effective if the leader is compassionate, puts the needs of others first, and listens

Question 5

Why is it important to do participatory research?

Answer 5

It saves money, enables you to define your goals, solidifies credibility within the community, confirms that you own the information, and increases the development of skills.

Question 6

What are the goals of long-range planning?

Answer 6

To define the overall purpose, set measurable outcome goals, and begin to define strategies to meet these goals.

Question 7

What is rational-deductive planning?

Root planning

Answer 7

A step-by-step plan. Visualizing desired outcomes, setting measurable goals, collecting data on needs and resources, converting data into useful information, and developing an action plan