Key-Components for Building Organizational Entrepreneurship in Agricultural Cooperatives towards Success

The objectives of this research were; 1) to investigate and identify key components of cooperatives organizational entrepreneurship; 2) to study relation among driver components and CO-OP success; and 3) to develop structural equation model for building up cooperatives organizational entrepreneurship. Qualitative and quantitative research has been employed for research methodology. The Population was agricultural cooperatives that passed cooperatives standard evaluation in 2015. Data collection used the qualitative approach through organized focus groups of 4 agricultural cooperatives. The quantitative used questionnaires, and data analysis was based on PLS-SEM by SMART PLS software. The finding, from this research were that key components affecting CO-OP success, both tangible and intangible outcomes were as follows; 1) CO-OP internal capital or organization feature comprise of member
participation, co-op principles based management, board capacity, staff capacity, and strong working team, 2) Managerial process includes, strategic planning and good business management. In addition tangible outcomes more effecting to intangible outcomes, also tangible and intangible outcomes are both strongly reflect to co-op success. The study result could apply to strengthen agricultural cooperatives in Thailand by focusing on building up internal co-op capital and participatory management.

Credit :  ณรงค์ศักดิ์ จักรกรณ์ // ศรัณยา เลิศพุทธรักษ์ // อดิศักดิ์ จันทรประภาเลิศ

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