This publication is not intended to be a scientific study and in fact does not pretend to be as such. It merely poses various perspectives and issues that reflect on the development and growth of the co-operative movement. A great deal of information grows out of personal and other experiences that have been shared at various levels, both individual, group, workshop/conferences and visits of actual co-operatives at work. The main people who have shared these experiences have helped, in one way or another to shape this publication. To them, and they know who they are, a very warm and special word of thanks. A particular note of appreciation for Sonja Sleigh and the members of the Peace Centre, who spent many hours in the typesetting and actual compilation of the publication. It is hoped that at the end of the day, that the questions and issues posed in this publication will serve towards enriching the growth process; the growth toward a richer and more human society.

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Submitted by Aline Batista (alinehb.ufpel@gmail.com) on 2017-08-28T21:32:00Z No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_Aline_Jansen_.pdf: 1999717 bytes, checksum: f216d9a3236ab2fc5dd0f23d5527ce98 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Aline Batista (alinehb.ufpel@gmail.com) on 2017-08-28T21:55:39Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_Aline_Jansen_.pdf: 1999717 bytes, checksum: f216d9a3236ab2fc5dd0f23d5527ce98 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-08-28T21:55:45Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 license_rdf: 0 bytes, checksum: d41d8cd98f00b204e9800998ecf8427e (MD5) Dissertacao_Aline_Jansen_.pdf: 1999717 bytes, checksum: f216d9a3236ab2fc5dd0f23d5527ce98 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-02-18 / Sem bolsa / A preocupação com o desenvolvimento do tema governança tem progredido a cada dia, tendo em vista a busca constante de uma gestão com maior eficácia nas mais variadas organizações, sendo incluídas, portanto, as cooperativas. Baseado nisso, e buscando o aprimoramento da supervisão das cooperativas de crédito, o Banco Central do Brasil (BACEN) realizou uma pesquisa entre 2006 e 2009, a partir da qual foi definido o conceito de governança cooperativa. Sendo assim, o presente trabalho analisou, a partir da teoria institucional, como ocorre a aplicação dos mecanismos da governança cooperativa em cooperativas de crédito de livre admissão após a padronização das práticas de governança pelo Banco Central do Brasil. Para atingir esse objetivo, foi utilizada a abordagem qualitativa com a estratégia de estudo de caso em uma cooperativa de crédito de livre admissão na cidade de Pelotas/RS. Dessa forma, foram somadas sete entrevistas semiestruturadas, utilizando-se a técnica snowball e a amostragem por saturação. Além disso, também foram feitas observações in loco e pesquisa documental na unidade de análise. Os resultados mostraram que uma das principais mudanças após a divulgação das diretrizes de boas práticas de governança pelo BACEN (2009) foi com relação à definição dos papéis, o mesmo sendo exclusivamente estratégico para o Conselho de Administração e somente operacional para a Diretoria Executiva. Outra modificação relevante percebida nesta pesquisa foi a utilização dos Coordenadores de Núcleo como representantes dos seus grupos na votação da Assembleia Geral, levando o voto do que foi decidido anteriormente nas Assembleias de Núcleo, nas quais foi constatado um aumento das taxas de participação dos associados. Em síntese, uma limitação deste estudo foi com relação à pesquisa ter sido feita com alguns colaboradores de dentro da cooperativa, não agregando a opinião de outros stakeholders. Consequentemente a isso, sugere-se como estudo futuro pesquisar a percepção dos associados quanto às estruturas de governança utilizadas pelas cooperativas. Por fim, destaca-se que este trabalho resultou em contribuições teóricas e gerenciais para o embasamento do tema governança cooperativa. / The concern surronding the development of the governance has progressed every day, bearing in ming the constant search for a more effective management in the most varied organizations, therefore, the cooperatives are being included in this niche. Based on this, and seeking to improve the supervision of credit cooperatives, Brazil’s Central Bank (BACEN) conducted a survey between 2006 and 2009, where the concept of cooperative governance was defined. On that account, the present study has analyzed how the application of cooperative governance mechanisms occurs in cooperatives of free credit admission after the standardization of governance practices by Brazil’s Central Bank, from the perspective of the institutional theory. To achieve this goal, the qualitative approach was used among the strategy of case study in a cooperative of free credit admission in the city of Pelotas / RS. That way, seven semi-structured interviews were used, using the snowball technique and the saturation sampling. In addition, in loco observations and documentary research were also carried out in the unit of analysis. The results showed that one of the main changes after the disclosure of good governance practices by BACEN (2009) was regarding the definition of the roles, which is exclusively strategic for the Board of Directors and only operational for the Executive Board. Another relevant modification perceived in this research was the use of the Centre Coordinators as representatives of their own groups in the General Assembly voting, taking the vote of what was decided previously in the Centre Assemblies, in which an increase among the members was founded in the participation rates. In summary, the downside of this study was that the research was done with some employees within the cooperative, not adding the opinion of others stakeholders. Consequently, it is suggested as a future study to investigate the members' perception on the governance structures used by the cooperatives. Finally, this work resulted in theoretical and managerial contributions to support the cooperative governance theme.

The subject of this dissertation is a cooperative banking in the Czech Republic and Austria. This sector is in the Czech banking system made by credit unions and in Austria made by cooperative banks. Working with the theoretical part deals with the origin and historical development of these institutions, examines the legal environment in both countries, which does not neglect the influence of The European Union directives, and briefly describes the Austrian banking market with the accent on the functioning of the local supervisors. The practical part analyzes the current status and role of the cooperative banking institutions in the Czech and Austrian territory and compares the cooperative sector and banks sector. Finally, it made a brief summary and evaluation of the most important conclusions, where emphasis is placed on a comparison between the Czech and Austrian cooperative banking and their mutual differences.

Submitted by Geyciane Santos (geyciane_thamires@hotmail.com) on 2015-05-18T14:10:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Carla Moura.pdf: 9163458 bytes, checksum: 08a8f97c0987c04ab63fbd016e439351 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-05-18T14:10:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Dissertacao Carla Moura.pdf: 9163458 bytes, checksum: 08a8f97c0987c04ab63fbd016e439351 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2010-03-19 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / This research is based on the analysis of an archive on the “Program of Assistance to the Cooperatives in the Amazon region”, this implanted and executed in the Amazon region during the decade of 60. The study of this Program alone it was possible due to access possibility the documentary sources and archivists, pertaining to the family of a bank clerk, already deceased, that it was part of the first one, and only, group of Agents of Cooperative Credit – ACC, formed in the decade of 1960 for the Bank of Credit of Amazônia S/A – BCA, with the purpose to assist the formation of 50 agricultural cooperatives in the corresponding region to the Legal Amazônia. It was intended with the analysis of this archive, having as base Comparative Weberian Sociology, to reflect on this cooperative experience in the process of economic planning searching to confer to this quantity the possibility to clarify the question amplest of the proper development of the Amazônia. / Este trabalho de dissertação fundamenta-se na análise de um arquivo sobre o “Programa de Assistência ao Cooperativismo na Região Amazônica”, implantado e executado na Região Amazônica durante a década de 60. O estudo deste Programa só foi possível devido à possibilidade de acesso às fontes documentais e arquivistas, pertencentes à família de um bancário, já falecido, que fez parte da primeira, e única, turma de Agentes de Crédito Cooperativo – ACC, formados na década de 1960 pelo Banco de Crédito da Amazônia S/A – BCA, com a finalidade de assessorar a formação de 50 cooperativas agrícolas na região correspondente à Amazônia Legal. Pretendeu-se com a análise deste arquivo, tendo como base a Sociologia Comparativa Weberiana, refletir sobre esta experiência cooperativista no processo de planejamento econômico, buscando conferir a esse acervo a possibilidade de esclarecer a questão mais ampla do próprio desenvolvimento da Amazônia.

The social and political effects of mass unemployment in South Africa mean there is an urgent need for strategies of job- creation. In this context, the Congress of SA Trade Unions (Cosatu), the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO), and the National Unemployed Workers' Co-ordinating Committee (NUWCC) have all expressed support for producer co-operatives, which are not only seen to have the potential to create jobs, but at the same time, are seen as providing a democratic alternative to capitalist enterprises. Thus firstly, this dissertation is exploring the potential for producer co-ops to fulfil these roles. However, for co-ops to make any contribution at all, they have to be economically viable. Thus this dissertation also attempts to analyse the terms on which this may be possible. In Chapter One, I analyse the roots of mass unemployment in South Africa, locate the problem and its effects within the framework of the current economic and political crisis, and analyse state strategies for overcoming this problem. I then turn to analysing the social and psychological effects of unemployment, and the implications of this for the growth of democratic organisation in the factories and township communities. I look at the strategies emerging for organising the unemployed, and conclude that the potential to organise the unemployed hinges largely around the extent to which unemployed workers' organisation manages to create jobs. In this regard, co-ops are a strategy of job creation that allows the unemployed to take the initiative in creating their own jobs, and on terms that build different forms of work organisation. On the basis of the priorities defined by the NUWCC, I then turn to analysing the limits and possibilities of co-op production. In Chapter Two, I address the theoretical issues that have emerged in relation to co-ops in capitalist society internationally, and attempt to analyse the reasons for their widespread economic failure, and for their tendency to degenerate into capitalist enterprises. From this, I draw out the potential terms on which collapse and/or degeneration can be countered, and refer to Mondragon in Spain and Lega in Italy as case studies. I then look at the potential political role co-ops can play, and conclude this chapter by focussing the issues discussed onto South African questions. In Chapter Three, I attempt a typology of co-op development in South Africa today, highlighting the extent to which a broad range of social forces see co-ops serving their own interests. Then, on the basis of a list of production co-ops in Addendum A, I analyse some of the overall features of the democratic co-ops that do exist at present, and point to the existence of degenerative tendencies in the South African context, with specific reference to Thusanang. I then focus on three case studies - the Pfananani co-ops, a carpentry co-op, and Nonthutuzelo. Each of these co-ops has arisen under different conditions, and they illustrate different aspects of the issues co-ops in SA will have to address if they are to survive. Chapter Four focusses on the production co-ops of the Sarmcol Workers Co-op (SAWCO), particularly the t-shirt co-op. The analysis of SAWCO constitutes the main case study of this dissertation. I have prioritised SAWCO because at the time I began the research, it was the only co-op with structural links to a Cosatu union; it is a co-op that arose out of the context of a workers' struggle, and contains important lessons for the establishment of co-ops with a clear relationship to democratic organisation. Furthermore, it relies on the 'solidarity' market to sell its products, and highlights certain important features and contradictions within this market. Finally, it highlights key issues in relation to the structures of ownership and control in democratic co-ops. In my conclusion, I attempt to draw together the material in the dissertation as a whole. I apply the theoretical discussion to the South African context, assess the implications of the nature of SA's economy for the development of co-ops, and attempt to provide some pointers to the terms on which democratic co-ops can be economically viable, thus creating jobs, at the same time as making a broader contribution to the extension of democracy in South Africa. / Labour studies research report (University of the Witwatersrand); v 4

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The purpose of this qualitative study was to extend the understanding of the characteristics of a classroom environment that impact students’ engagement in academics and therefore has the potential to positively impact student achievement scores. Data were collected through content analysis to analyze for reoccurring themes to assess how the characteristics of the classroom environment impact student’s achievement. Ten classrooms within the Kingsport City District were observed and analyzed for this study. Six research questions guided this study, and qualitative data were analyzed for reoccurring themes. Findings from this study suggest that implementing certain characteristics in to the classroom environment can positively impact students’ academic success. The development and construction of classroom environments should include such characteristics as positive discipline, well laid out and organized classrooms, accountable talks, collaborative groups, positive teacher student interaction, and learning targets. As a result of this research a recommendation for practice is that districts support the development of classrooms that would positively impact student’s achievement.

There are numerous applications of game theory in the analysis of supply chains where multiple actors interact with each other in order to reach their own objectives. In this paper we review the use of non-cooperative game theory in inventory management within the newsvendor framework describing a single period inventory control model with the focus on horizontal interactions among multiple independent newsvendors. We develop a framework for identifying these types of horizontal interactions including, for example, the models with the possibility of inventory sharing via transshipments, and situations with substitutable products sold by multiple newsvendors. Based on this framework, we discuss and relate the results of prior research and identify future research opportunities.

Children who develop more prosocial behaviors tend to be more competent socially than those children who develop fewer prosocial behaviors. Group games are especially effective in the facilitation of prosocial behaviors. This study compared the number of prosocial or positive behaviors and negative behaviors displayed during cooperatively and competitively structured game treatments using the Observational Checklistand the Teacher Checklist. We controlled for possible differences in teacher nuturance through the Caregiver Interaction Scale. Participants included 20 boys and 19 girls (mean age = 4 years 7.3 months) enrolled in one of two classes at Utah State University s Adele and Dale Young Child Development Lab. There were no statistically significant effects of treatment found according to The Teacher Checklist; however, statistically significant differences in positive and negative behaviors were found on The Observational Checklist across treatment conditions. Specifically, after cooperative games, positive behaviors were higher than expected while negative behaviors were lower than expected . During competitive games , positive behaviors were lower than expected and negative behaviors were higher than expected. When the two factors on The Teacher Checklist, Aggression and Immaturity, were analyzed, no statistically significant relationships were found.