Designing Membership Structures For Large Agricultural Cooperatives

Gillian Butler

No 279804, Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development

Abstract: This study develops strategies that large agricultural cooperatives can use to improve their membership structures. Design principles from organizational theory are adapted to apply to the membership structures of cooperatives. Eight case studies of agricultural cooperatives illustrate the membership structures of diverse types of agricultural cooperatives. The study concludes that case cooperatives who have implemented strategies consistent with organizational design principles provide effective mechanisms for member control.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 57
Date: 1988-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.279804

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