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Professionalism in Management Co-Operative Sectors of South Gujarat

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Title Professionalism in Management Co-Operative Sectors of South Gujarat
 
Creator Naik, Rajendrakumar Maganlal
 
Contributor Patel, R. B.
 
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Description Professionalism is essentially a function of modernization in which
co-operatives have to emerge as strong business enterprises so as to emerge
triumphant amidst the winds of change in the economy. As they have
t matured as organizations, there is a corresponding need to illfuse adequate
• -' .~ doses of professionalism in their functioning. They will have to manage
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change through scientific behavioural tools and innovations. They will have
to discard their old norms of functioning, imbibe a new culture and sharpen
their powers of resilience so as to march ahead in this tumultuous era. In
., this pursuit, professionalism competence of co-operatives should come to
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: the fore. This can only materialize if altempts are made to follow the
·~.' dictates of professionalism in demonstrating certain proficiency and
excellence in practices, based on a systematic body of knowledge, aiming at
, inculcating among its members a sense ofresponsibility towards each other,
and at establishing norms of behaviour, and clearly defined qualifications
for membership. Some may consider it as an idealistic assumption, but
• closely following its spirit would portray a serious endeavor towards
fulfillment of the objective of professionalism in a sharp break from the
past.
The co-operatives in the present times represent myriad socioeconomic
activities with a wide range and depth. Their management has
become a complex phenomenon requiring a high degree of innovation,
skills and ability to experiment with new ideas. The problems of
management have become manifold requiring specialized attention in the
spheres of marketing, banking, processing, consumption etc. Due to this,
application of specific fields of management with their techniques and
methodologies has become important in the field of co-operatives, where
management at present is quite simple and elastic, portraying a disjointed
and somewhat outdated outlook. The co-operatives should not show
despondency by showing a lukewallJl attitude to the rapid advances in the
field of management. A definite spin off effect of professionalism will be
rise in productivity for co-operatives, which will be an important yardstick
of success for the growth of co-operative organizations.
The co-operative sector in India has emerged as one of the largest in
the world with 504 thousand societies of various types with a membership
of 20.9 I crore and working capital of Rs. 2,27,111.83 crores (Table: I).
Almost all villages in India are covered under the co-operative fold.
Therefore, "Professionalism in management of co-operative sectors of
South Gujarat" was undertaken with the following specific objectives.
The specific objectives of the study were as under:
I. To study the existing membership of respondents in different
co-operative sectors of South Gujarat;
2. To study the perception of office-bearers, governing body and
members regarding extent of professionalism in management of
co-operative sectors;
3. To study the group cohesiveness and its relation with professionalism
in context to effectiveness of the co-operative sectors;
4. To study the personal, social, economic and psychological
characteristics of respondents on professionalism in context to
effectiveness of the co-operative sectors;
5. To assess the factors responsible for professionalism of co-operative
sectors;
6. To develop extension strategy for developing professionalism in
co-operative sectors of different enterprises.
Research Methodology
Ex-post-facto research design was used for the present study. The . .
three co-operative sectors, viz., agricultural, sugar and dairy are spread over
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and functioning in all the part of South Gujarat. These three co-operative
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sectors were selected purposively for this study. The list of co-operative
societies of all three sectors were obtained from the Gujarat state
Co-operative Development Federation Limited, Ahmedabad. Later on three ,
co-operative societies from each sector were selected randomly. Three
categories of respondents, viz., office-bearers, leaders and primary
members of the societies were selected randomly at the ratio of 5:5: 1 O.
Thus, the total number of respondents were 180.
The data were collected with the help of structured schedule by
personal interview method. The dependent and independent variables were
measured by utilizing suitable scales and procedure adopted by other
research workers. The data so collected were coded, classified, tabulated
and analyzed in order to make the findings meaningful. The statistical
measures such as percentage mean score, standard deviation, co-efficient of
correlation, stepwise multiple regression, standard partial regression
co-efficient and path co-efficient analysis were used.
Major Findings
The following major findings were drawn from the present
investigation.
I. The respondents possessed highest number of membership (89.44 per
cent) in dairy co-operative societies and got first rank under study
area.
2. A majority of the farmers (53.33 per cent) and more than two:fifth of
the office-bearers (46.67 per cent) and governing body (46.67 per
cent) had perceived average level of professionalism in agricultural
sector. The same trend was observed in sugar and dairy co-operative
sectors.
3. Majority of the respondents of agricultural (50.00 per cent), sugar
(70.00 per cent) and dairy (55.00 per cent) co-operative sectors had
perceived professionalism to be at average level.
4. Leader driven rather than government programme based dimension
was perceived to be at average level with 46.66, 66.67 and 51.67 per
cent in agricultural, sugar and dairy co-operative sectors,
respectively by the respondents.
i. Half of the respondents of agricultural co-operative sector had
perceived emphasis on business planning dimension as poor,
whereas, 40.00 and 25.00 per cent respondents had good perception
regarding this dimension in dairy and sugar co-operative sectors,
respectively.
 
Date 2018-06-18T07:28:18Z
2018-06-18T07:28:18Z
2006-01
 
Type Thesis
 
Identifier RAJENDRAKUMAR MAGANLAL NAIK_35457
http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810053756
 
Language en
 
Format application/pdf
 
Publisher Extension Education Department, N. M. College of Agriculture Gujarat Agricultural University Navsari