Agricultural Cooperatives Management

Subject

1. Administration of Agricultural Cooperatives: Introduction, Basic Concepts & Definitions
2. Historical Evolution of Cooperatives
3. Principles and Values of Cooperatives
4. Economic Theory of Cooperatives
5. Organization and Management of Agricultural Cooperatives
6. Comparison of Agricultural Cooperatives with Private Enterprises
7. Organizational Behaviour of the Members of Agricultural Cooperatives
8. Financial Management of Agricultural Cooperatives
9. Alternative forms of organization of agricultural cooperatives
10. The Role of Agricultural Cooperatives in Markets
11. Policies for Supporting Agricultural Cooperatives - Cooperative legislation
12. Strategic Planning of Agricultural Cooperatives
13. Guide to establishing an Agricultural Cooperatives

Educational Aims

By the end of this course the students will have developed the following skills:

• Ability to exhibit knowledge and understanding of the essential facts, concepts, theories and applications which are related to Agricultural Cooperatives
• Ability to apply this knowledge and understanding to the solution of problems related to the Management of Agricultural Cooperatives
• Ability to adopt and apply methodology to the solution of non-familiar problems
• Study skills needed for continuing professional development.
• Ability to interact with others in management of agricultural cooperatives
• Ability to analyse basic strategy plan s for agricultural cooperatives
• Ability to analyse and calculate the main economic outcomes that are of interest to agricultural Farms
• In addition, the workshop will provide students the essential skills to solve s practical problems of the agricultural economy with spreadsheets (Excel)

Student Evaluation

I. Final exam (80%)- written including:

• Quick Questions,
• Test Development Questions,
• Problem solving,
• Multiple choice questions
• Short case study Analysis
• Theory data analysis

II. Presentation of Group / Atomic Work (20%)

Bibliography

1. Κοντογεώργος, Α., Σεργάκη, Π., 2015. Αρχές διοίκησης αγροτικών συνεταιρισμών. [ηλεκτρ. βιβλ.] Αθήνα: Σύνδεσμος Ελληνικών Ακαδημαϊκών Βιβλιοθηκών. Διαθέσιμο στο: http://hdl.handle.net/11419/3684 (in Greek).
2. Παπαγεωργίου Κωνσταντίνος, Βιώσιμη συνεταιριστική οικονομία - Θεωρία και πρακτική, 2η έκδοση/2007, Εκδότης: ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΣΤΑΜΟΥΛΗ Α.Ε. (in Greek).
3. ΚΑΜΕΝΙΔΗΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΣ, Συνεταιρισμοί. Αρχές-Οικονομική-Πολιτική-Ανάπτυξη-Οργάνωση-Νομοθεσία, 2η έκδοση/2002, Εκδότης: ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΟΣ ΟΙΚΟΣ ΑΔΕΛΦΩΝ ΚΥΡΙΑΚΙΔΗ Α.Ε. (in Greek).
4. Κυριακίδου, Ο. & Ε. Σαλαβού,  Κοινωνική Επιχειρηματικότητα, Έκδοση: 1/2014, ROSILI ΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ - ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ Μ.ΕΠΕ. (in Greek).