Marketing S.S.S 2 Third Term

WEEK 3

Roles of Facilitators lll

Performance Objectives

Students should be able to:

1.  Explain the meaning of co-operative societies.

2. Describe the roles of facilitators in co-operative societies.

Content.

i.  Co-operative societies.

ii. Roles of facilitators in co-operative societies.

Meaning of Cooperative Societies

A cooperative (also known as co-operative, co-op, or coop) is "an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social, and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned enterprise". Cooperatives may include:

businesses owned and managed by the people who use their services (a consumer cooperative)

organizations managed by the people who work there (worker cooperatives)

multi-stakeholder or hybrid cooperatives that share ownership between different stakeholder groups. For example, care cooperatives where ownership is shared.... View More