Co-operative Enterprise Building a Better World
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| Rating | : | 4.72 (602 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00FK6K14Y |
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| Number of Pages | : | 355 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-11-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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"A Book for every Library" according to Ritchie. This Co-operative Enterprise: Building a Better World book is an outstanding read by any measure. It is extremely well written by authors who clearly comprehend the Co-operative Enterprise model from within but can also see it from that crucial 'outside the box' perspective. It is a book that ought to be found in every library, and I don't say that lightly.I thought I had read all there was to know about Co-operatives and their ideal. Terry MacDonald said A real 'tour de force' of the co-operative business model. This book is a real tour de force of the co-operative model of business.For anyone wanting to understand just about every key aspect of the organization, structure, philosophy and operational strengths and weaknesses of a co-operative, this publication has it all.For those interested in the industrial and social maelstrom from which co-operation grew, and its relevance to the business and social struggles of today's world of informat
You will learn why co-operation works and also see why sometimes it may not work, and you will learn about best practices and success factors within co-operatives. No small undertaking to be sure! Just for fun we have included a final part called “Everything Else Co-operative” into which we cram additional co-operative website links and interesting content which we think you might like and which didn’t exactly seem to fit anywhere else. Chapter Six describes “National and International Co-operative Development”, and Chapter Seven looks at the role co-operatives have played and are playing in “Wealth Creation, Community Development ,and Poverty Reduction” around the globe. The second part is entitled “How Co-operatives Are Different” and begins by presenting what we call the “co-operative value proposition”. He has served on numerous second-tier co-operative boards and committees across Canada. His career has taken him from managing a local credit union to serving as the Chief Financial Officer of a 15 billion dollar national financial co-operative. The book is divided into five parts. Biography of Ian MacPhersonIan MacPherson, Professor Emeritus of History, is a former Department Chair, Dean of Humanities, and Director of the British Columbia Institute for Co-operative Studies at the University of Victoria.. You decide! We also include some of our parting after tho