Co-operation - the beautiful idea

By Edgar Parnell
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Published: Feb. 08, 2011
Words: 31,260 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781458016805

Short description

This booklet addresses the organisational issues that inhibit the development of many co-operative and mutual enterprises (CMEs). It deals with the practical aspects of running CMEs, including: co-operation in theory and practice, the economics of co-operation, the enterprise model, the purpose of co-operation, democratic control, leadership, financing - and provides an agenda for change.

Extended description

Why must Northern Rock be sold off, why not return it to mutual status? What role is there for co-operatives and mutuals in the ‘Big Society’? These are among the questions being asked MPs across all parties and by many other people looking for solutions to big problems in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Despite the fact that co-operative and mutual enterprises (CMEs) within the UK currently account for around £100 billions worth of business annually, many of the people involved exhibit a disturbing level of misunderstanding about the true purpose and nature of their enterprises. This guide seeks to address the organisational defects that inhibit the growth and development of many forms of economic enterprise, but specifically focuses upon those based upon economic co-operation. An important aspect of the fundamental changes necessary within many organisations is their need to be based upon the practice of co-operation. The booklet is based upon the author’s experience.. (Read more) Why must Northern Rock be sold off, why not return it to mutual status? What role is there for co-operatives and mutuals in the ‘Big Society’? These are among the questions being asked MPs across all parties and by many other people looking for solutions to big problems in the aftermath of the financial crisis. Despite the fact that co-operative and mutual enterprises (CMEs) within the UK currently account for around £100 billions worth of business annually, many of the people involved exhibit a disturbing level of misunderstanding about the true purpose and nature of their enterprises. This guide seeks to address the organisational defects that inhibit the growth and development of many forms of economic enterprise, but specifically focuses upon those based upon economic co-operation. An important aspect of the fundamental changes necessary within many organisations is their need to be based upon the practice of co-operation. The booklet is based upon the author’s experiences of what actually happens when people seek to practice co-operation. He has sought to provide a distillation of his experiences in this field, in a document that covers the essentials of co-operation within less than 80 of pages. This publication is addressed to those who are actively involved with co-operative and mutual enterprises, but also to all those who envisage the potential for economic co-operation contributing significantly towards human development.
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