| CODE | CLS1002 | |||||||||
| TITLE | Principles and Practices of Cooperative and Economic Democracy | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Centre for Labour Studies | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit will help students to become aware of the fundamental cooperative principles, their practical implementation, their constraints and limitations as well as the opportunities that can be harnessed to create successful cooperatives. Drawing on real case-studies, this study unit will discuss the challenges, rights and obligations of cooperative members in turning cooperatives into a successful business model that is beneficial to them and to society in general. Study-unit Aims: The main aim of this study-unit is to help students become aware of the all-important principles that define a cooperative enterprise. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify the fundamental cooperative principles; - Recognise the importance of these principles as a basis for cooperative success; - Become aware of the practical implications of the cooperative principles on the organsation and well as on its members. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Discuss the practical implications of the cooperative principles; - Make a causal link between these principles; - Make a case for good practice as a basis of successful cooperation. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - The Co-operative Advantage - Edited by Ed Mayo. - Co-operative Principles and Co-operative Law: Second, revised edition (Wirtschaft: Forschung und Wissenschaft) Revised Edition by Hans-H. Munkner. - Building Co-operation: A Business History of The Co-operative Group, 1863-2013 1st Edition by John F. Wilson , Anthony Webster , Rachael Vorberg-Rugh. - The Hidden Alternative: Co-operative Values, Past, Present and Future Paperback – January, 2012 by Anthony Webster, Linda Shaw, John K. Walton, Alyson Brown, David Stewart. Other notes will be distributed by the lecturer. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | |||||||||
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