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A New Approach to Measuring Dairy Co-op Performance

Appraising Manager Performance

Assessing Performance and Needs of Cooperative Boards of Directors

A Strategic Planning Study of the Dairy Herd Improvement System

Cooperative Business Management Functions

Cooperative Directors: Asking Necessary Questions

Cooperative Education Task Force: Final Report

Cooperative Employee Compensation, 1999

Cooperative Employee Compensation

Cooperative Management   PDF or HTML

Cooperative Merger/Consolidation Negotiations

Cooperative Organization and Structure

Cooperative Unification: Highlights From 1989 to Early 1999

Decision-Making in Cooperatives with Diverse Member Interests

Designing Membership Structures for Large Agricultural Cooperatives

Director Liability in Agricultural Cooperatives PDF or HTML

Full-Time Employees, Sales, and Assets of Selected Farmer Cooperatives: 1981, 1986, and 1991

Guide to Designing Benefit Packages for Cooperatives

How to Start a Cooperative   PDF or HTM

Inventory Management Strategies for Local Supply Cooperatives

Keeping Cooperative Membership Rolls Current   PDF or HTM

Managing Cooperative Antitrust Risk   PDF or HTM

Organizing and Conducting Cooperatives' Annual Meetings

Recruiting and Training Co-op Employees

Sample Policies for Cooperatives

Strategic Planning

Strategic Planning - A Conceptual for Small and Midsize Farmer Cooperatives

Strategic Planning Handbook for Cooperatives

Strategic Planning in Farmer Cooperatives

Strategic Planning Systems of Large Farmer Cooperatives

Strengthening Ethics Within Agricultural Cooperatives

The Changing Federated Relationship Between Local and Regional Cooperatives

The Circle of Responsibilities for Co-op Boards

Website Directory of Farmer Cooperatives

What Co-op Directors Do

What Co-op Employees Do

What the Co-op Manager Does

Who Runs the Cooperative Business?Board of Directors
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Who Runs the Cooperative Business?General Manager and Employees    Spanish Version

Who Runs the Cooperative Business?Members
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