Co-operative management and administration

Co-operatives have been well recognised as one of the potentially powerful instruments in national re construction and nation-building. Over the years, co operative infrastructure in all the economic activities has been created and developed. But, it is too ill organised, ill equipped and inefficient in accomplishing the intended objectives. The success of co-operatives, to a large extent, however, depends on a proper blending between co-operative ideology and business efficiency.

The present masterly study, an original and an advance piece of research, is the modest maiden attempt since there is an acute dearth of growing literature on the organisation and working of apex level co-operatives. The 13 Chapters studded Book has made an extensive and exhaustive probe of all those aspects which are crucial for determining the effective ness of an organisation, i.e., organisational building, project formulation & implementation, policy-making and executive direction, management aspects like personnel, finance, marketing, processing and distribu tion, as also a glimpse of co-operatives at all levels.

The study is very comprehensive in character, factually, logically and analytically. deserve credibility because enormous sources-observ Its findings ation, discussions, survey, case study and modern tools and techniques of statistics, have abundantly been made use of.

Dr. (Mrs) Madhuri Shah, Chairman, University Grants study conducted by Dr. B.B. Goel has been brought Commission, remarks in the foreword: "The out at the right moment since he has studied, with empirical data base, all the problems related to mana gement of marketing co-operatives.... I am confident that those interested in policy making and functional problems of cooperative organisations in the country, will find this study very useful particularly in view of its topicality and treatment." This outstanding book is a must for all cooperative societies and personnel, students and teachers of economics, commerce, management and public administration and all those concerned with the cooperative movement.