5 Summary of Week 8

Organising is a process of arranging resources to develop the capacities of a group to achieve goals. In the context of organising for change, you can think of this as a process of building relational power by collectivising your target constituency. Organising creates spaces for leadership to emerge and power with which to exercise leadership. In workplaces, organising tends to refer to winning trade union recognition to campaign for change on workplace issues, whereas community organising can refer to a broad range of practices including self-help, mutual aid, advocacy, and direct action.