Synopsis Management is the decision making element of the cooperative. Broadly speaking, its role entails formulating and executing operating policies, providing good service, maintaining financial soundness, and implementing operating efficiencies to successfully meet its objects. Management has greatly improved as cooperatives have become larger, more diversified, and integrated to match similar advances in the marketplace and on the farm. In the early years, local cooperative managers not only supervised operations but also maintained accounting records, waited on customers, and swept floors. Boards of directors knew little about off-farm businesses.

As regional cooperatives developed and became stronger, they began providing more assistance to rural people through general field representatives. This includes helping people for development. They are provided financial and direct management service to the weaker locals, and auditing and analysis service to all member locals.

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