| CODE | CLS1003 | |||||||||
| TITLE | International Perspectives to Cooperativism | |||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | |||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | |||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | |||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Centre for Labour Studies | |||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit offers participants registered for a Certificate Course in the Practice of Cooperative Societies an understanding of the rich context to the origins and developments of the principles and practices of cooperativism in a variety of countries. The opportunity to carve out a 'third way' between private and state capitalism will be explored. Particular focus will be placed on experiences of cooperativism outside Malta, including the 'employee stock ownership options' of the United States, the Consumer Coop Movement in the United Kingdom, the Raffeisen Cooperative Banks in Germany, the Mondragon Cooperative Movement in the Basque Country, Spain. Specific case studies will look at the Scott Bader Commonwealth and the John Lewis Partnership, both in the UK. Study-unit Aims: To enable course participants to: - develop an international understanding and appreciation of the principles of cooperativism; - assess and evaluate local developments in cooperativism in a broader, regional and international context; - examine the conditions which led to these specific cooperative 'experiences' and analyse their reproducability in Malta. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - refer competently to international experiences of cooperativism; - understand the conditions which led to such experiences; - compare and contrast local experiences in cooperativism with similar situations overseas. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - read about, and appreciate, international experiences of cooperativism; - critically assess the successes and limitations of specific cooperative experiences abroad; - competently consider the transferability of such overseas experiences to Malta. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Credit Cooperative Institutions in European Countries Simeon. Karafolas Simeon Karafolas edtior. 2016. - Worker Cooperatives in the United States, Redux. Kennelly, James J.; Odekon, Mehmet. Working USA, June 2016, Vol. 19(2), pp. 163-185. - Multinational worker cooperatives: Case-study evidence from the Mondragon group. Bretos, Ignacio; Errasti, Anjel; Marcuello, Carmen. Human Resources Management Journal, January 2018, Vol. 28(1), pp76-91. - Revisiting globalisation challenges and opportunities in the development of cooperatives. Bretos, Ignacio; Marcuello, Carmen. Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics, March 2017, Vol. 88(1), pp. 47-73. - Examining structure and process in ESOP firms. Mchugh, Patrick P; Cutcher-Gershenfeld, Joel; Bridge, Diane L Personnel Review, 01 June 2005, Vol. 34(3), pp. 277-293. - Work and community: the Scott Bader Commonwealth and the quest for a new social order. Fred H. Blum 1968. - Directing democracy: Competing interests and contested terrain in the John Lewis Partnership Cathcart, Abby. Journal of Industrial Relations, 2013, Vol. 55(4), pp. 601-620. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Indep Stud, Lect, Practical, Project & Semi | |||||||||
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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