Includes bibliographical references and index Mendoza, E. V., & Castillo, E. T. (2006). The path to the success of cooperatives. Quezon City, Philippines: University of the Philippines.

Part I: Basic concepts -- Chapter 1: The cooperative corporation -- Part II: Membership support: the key to cooperative success -- Chapter 2: The primacy of members in a cooperative -- Chapter 3: Member relations: strategies for enlisting sustained membership support -- Part III: Success factors for cooperative operations -- Chapter 4: Firm commitment to achieve fundamental objectives -- Chapter 5: Strict adherence to the basic cooperative principles -- Chapter 6: The organization of cooperatives -- Chapter 7: Judicious choice of type of cooperative -- Chapter 8: Implementation of comprehensive cooperative education and training programs -- chapter 9: Close supervision of cooperatives -- Chapter 10: Effective leadership -- Part IV: Success factors for business operations -- Chapter 11: Sound management -- Chapter 12: Sufficient volume of business -- Chapter 13: Adequate and sound financing -- Part V: Management evaluation: an indispensable tool in management improvement -- Chapter 14: The management evaluation instrument -- Chapter 15: The need for sustained regular and periodic evaluation

This book aims to identify the principal factors that contribute to the success of cooperatives as viable vehicle for social and economic change and reform. On the whole, the subject matter has been particularly developed within the framework of the two synergistic aspects of the operations of an association: one, the cooperative aspect whose specific objective is to preserve and maintain the distinctive cooperative character of the operations governed by universally accepted cooperative principles; and two, the business aspect whose specific objectives is to obtain satisfactory operating results governed by business management principles. - From the Preface