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Understanding
Cooperatives
UNIT 2 - Cooperative Business Principles
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Teaching Tools:
Instructor
Discussion Guide
Handout 2
Quiz 2
Quiz 2 Answers
Unit 2
PowerPoint Slides
S 2.1 Cooperative Definition Reviewed
S 2.2 Definition of a Principle
S 2.3 - S 2.5 Contemporary Cooperative
Principles
S 2.6 - S 2.7 Rochdale
Principles
S 2.8 - S 2.9 Traditional Cooperative
Principles
S 2.10 Quote (Abraham Lincoln)
S 2.11 Contemporary Principles Explained
S 2.12 International Cooperative
Alliance
Teacher References:
CIR 55:
Co-ops 101
CIR 5:
Cooperatives in Agribusiness
CIR 11:
Cooperatives: What They Are and the Roles of Directors, Members,
Management, and Employees (chapter 1)
CIR
11 Chapter 1 PowerPoint
CIR 45,
Section 2: Cooperative Business Principles
International Cooperative Alliance Website: http://www.ica.coop/coop/principles.html
Student References:
CIR 5:
Cooperatives in Agribusiness
CIR 11:
Cooperatives: What They Are and the Roles of Directors, Members,
Management, and Employees (chapter 1)
CIR 45,
Section 2: Cooperative Business Principles
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Unit 2 - Cooperative Business Principles
Objective
The objective of this unit is to teach the
student the basic principles on which the cooperative form of business
operates.
After completion, the student should:
1. Be able to provide a definition of a
cooperative and gain an understanding of what a cooperative principle is.
2. Be able to recite the two-word
contemporary principles that distinguish a cooperative from other
businesses.
3. Be able to identify and understand the
historic Rochdale principles.
4. Be able to explain what each of the three
contemporary principles mean.
5. Have gained exposure to the Statement of
Cooperative Identity and principles of the International Cooperative
Alliance (ICA).
Instructor Directions
1. Become familiar with the discussion guide,
reference materials, and quiz.
2. Lead the discussion using the
PowerPoint slides and/or the selected references provided. The discussion
guide serves as an outline.
3. Identify a cooperative in your area, and
research those principles that are practiced and the reasons why. This
can be done by interviewing the manager and others, as well as by
looking at a copy of the cooperative's bylaws.
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