Cooperative management

Cooperative is an institution that must be managed as appropriate business institutions. In a business organization needed an effective and efficient management are known to management. Likewise in cooperative enterprises, management is a right that must exist for the realization of expected goals.

Prof. Ewell Paul Roy said that the cooperative management involves four (4) elements, namely: members, administrators, managers, and employees.
A manager should be able to create conditions that encourage employees to maintain high productivity. Employee is a liaison between management and members of the customer (Hendrojogi, 1997).

According Suharsono Sagir, management systems in cooperative institutions should lead to participatory management in which there is togetherness, openness, so that every member of every member of both participating in the management
(stewardship of business) or the outside of stewardship (ordinary members), has a sense of shared responsibility in the organization of cooperatives (Anoraga and Widiyanti, 1992).

A.H. Gophar said that cooperative management can essentially be reviewed and the three perspectives, namely the organization, processes, and styles (Hendar and Kusnadi, 1999).



From the standpoint of organization, management and cooperative in principle formed three elements: the members, trustees, and employees. Distinguishable structure or fittings onganisasi seemingly is the same: Meeting of Members, Managers, and Supervisors. To that end, should be distinguished between the functions of the organization with management functions. Elements of Supervisors as well as on the equipment cooperative organizations, is essentially an extension of the hand and the members, to assist the Board in conducting day-to-day control functions on the course of the organization and cooperative efforts. The success of cooperatives depends on the cooperation of the three elements of the organization in developing organizational and cooperative efforts, which can provide the best possible service to members.

And process standpoint, cooperative management prefers democracy in decision making. The term one man one vote (one man one vote) is ingrained in the organization of cooperatives. Therefore, cooperative management is often considered less efficient, less effective, and very expensive.

Finally, review and viewpoint of management style (management style), cooperatives adopt a participative style of management (management participation), in which the position was placed as a subject and a member of management who are active in
controlling the management company.

Sitio and Tamba (2001) state agency cooperative efforts in Indonesia have co-operative management is traced based on the organization of cooperatives, namely: Meetings of members, managers, supervisors, and managers.

It has been described previously that, character cooperative management style is participative management. The general pattern of cooperative participatory manalemen describes the interaction between elements of cooperative management. There is a division of tasks (job description) on each element. Similarly, each element has a scope of management decisions (decision areas) are different, although there is still scope of decisions made ​​jointly (shared decision areas)

The scope of the decision of each element of cooperative management is as follows (Sitio and Tamba, 2001):

a. Meeting of Members is the holder of supreme power in setting public policy in the areas of organization, management, and cooperative efforts. That is very strategic policy is formulated and set on a forum Meeting of Members. Generally, the Meeting of Members held once a year.

b. Elected and dismissed by the Board member meeting. Thus, the Board may dikatakart as holder of power of the Meeting of Members in operationalising the strategic policies set forth Meeting of Members. Penguruslah which embodies the strategic policy direction concerning the organization or business.

c. Supervisors representing the member to perform oversight over the implementation of the policies implemented by the Manager. Supervising dipilth and stopped by the Meeting of Members. OIeh reason, the organizational structure of cooperatives, Supervisor and Manager positions are the same.

d. Manager is a management team that was appointed and dismissed by the manager, to carry out technical operations in the business. Manager relations efforts (managing director) with the cooperative's manager is a working relationship on the basis of the alliance in the form of agreement or contract of employment.
 


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