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Designing Membership Structures For Large Agricultural Cooperatives

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This study develops strategies that large agricultural cooperatives can use to improve their membership structures. Design principles from organizational theory are adapted to apply to the membership structures of cooperatives. Eight case studies of agricultural cooperatives illustrate the membership structures of diverse types of agricultural cooperatives. The study concludes that case cooperatives who have implemented strategies consistent with organizational design principles provide effective mechanisms for member control.

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  • Butler, Gillian, 1988. "Designing Membership Structures For Large Agricultural Cooperatives," Research Reports 279804, United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:urdbrr:279804
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.279804
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    1. Gray, Thomas W. & Butler, Gillian, 1994. "Toward an Organizational Theory of Membership Structural Design," Journal of Agricultural Cooperation, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, vol. 9, pages 1-15.
    2. Reynolds, Bruce J. & Gray, Thomas W. & Kraenzle, Charles A., 1997. "Voting and Representation Systems in Agricultural Cooperatives," Research Reports 280002, United States Department of Agriculture, Rural Development.
    3. Gray, Thomas W. & Butler, Gillian, 1991. "Charting from within a Grounded Concept of Member Control," Journal of Agricultural Cooperation, National Council of Farmer Cooperatives, vol. 6, pages 1-20.

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    Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy;

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