To be very precise social organisations have the following functions and dysfunctions
Division of labor and ensuing organic solidarity in industrial societies
Ensuring cohesion of the society through agencies like religion
Serve as reference group for evaluation and mobility of individuals
Work as a collective for development and articulation of interest issues thus pushing the political and democratic processes
Norma emerge and evolve through the inter and inra interaction of social organisations. These norms are binding (soical facts) on the individual thus shaping her behavior to a certain extent
Social organisations serve to develop class consciousness and seek changes in the political and economic sphere thus ensuring equity