Social system refers to the groups and institutions of the society, which comprises of the following elements, norms, roles, status, Territoriality, end and objectives, rights and authority.
Roles
Each system has a role in the society, which aid in the functioning of society as whole, moreover, social system is the collective of individuals, each individual within a social system has different roles and responsibilities, which contribute in the stability of social system.
Status
Like roles and responsibilities each individual within a social system has a status. Each status of an individual is associated with roles and responsibilities. For example, the staff of college have their respective status as principle, teacher, administrator, accountant, coach etc. they all play different roles according to their status.
Authority
No system can function without authority; authority is also distributed among individuals according to their status. Like in cricket team the selection authority rests with selection committee, in school and college principle has authority of decision making and in family head of family has the authority of decision making. In each social system authority is given to an individual.
Rights
Every member of social system who follow the orders and perform their duties according to their status have rights.
Norms
Norms define the code of conduct and rules of the social system. Without norms the social system will be disintegrated. It is the blueprint of conduct within the social system, which guide each individual within a social system.
Territoriality
Each social system has its space to conduct their business. It can be home or building depend on the type of social system and its operations.