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Determining The Elements in Supply Chain Model of The Malaysian Agricultural Co-operatives

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In Malaysia, cooperatives are viewed as a developing sector, yet agricultural cooperatives are still lagging behind in terms of a number of factors mainly in supply chain system. Thus, this study attempts to examine the elements contributing to the supply chain model in Malaysian agricultural cooperatives. The primary data is collected via survey using questionnaire from agricultural-based cooperatives, farmers’ cooperatives and fishermen’s cooperatives. Factor analysis and structural equations modeling were used to analyze the data. Findings show quality, technology and marketing, logistic, governance and quality of workforce, suppliers and optimum level of production, quality work life and efficient technology and experienced and trained worker are significant in determining the supply chain of Malaysian agricultural cooperatives.

Rationale for the Study of Urban Co-operative Banks in India

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This article examines the recent policy developments of UCBs as well as the major issues and challenges. In the last one and a half decade the UCBs have undergone historical transformation of unprecedented breadth and depth. This new stage has generated special concern amongst cooperative banks. At the same time, the economic meltdown impaired the fnancial institutions all over the world but cooperative banks in most markets have performed reasonably well in comparison with other fnancial institutions. This is due to relatively straightforward operations of most cooperative banks, their ability to focus on member service as opposed to short-term proft maximization and the conservative nature of its executives and their regulators. The current status and the operational features of UCBs are dealt with in order to describe the future trends and potential diffculties and opportunities of urban cooperative banking sector.

Analysis on the Competency of School Cooperative Board Members in Malaysia

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This paper explored the board members competencies of school cooperative in Malaysia. Questionnaires were distributed using the stratifed random sampling method to obtain the perception of respondents from school cooperatives. For identifcation of the competency, the survey method is adopted and a total of 586 questionnaires were collected from individual respondents (Board Members) representing 100 selected Grade A school cooperatives. A response was then analyzed using descriptive analysis. The result of the study shows the level of competency among Board Members has a gap that means they have low competency in discharging their duties as board members of school cooperatives. Keywords: School cooperatives, Competency

Determinants of Co-operative Leadership for Social Innovation: An Assessment of Selected MPCSs in Oromia Region of Ethiopia

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For country striving to escape from poverty the contribution of multipurpose cooperative societies (MPCSs) have dramatic implication in changing the living standards of small farmers by way of social innovation strategies. In order to survive and serve their members, cooperatives must have a strong dedicated and vibrant leadership with social innovation. The study is undertaken with a main objective to assess the determinants that affect cooperative leadership. In this study multi-stage sampling technique was employed. In the frst stage, multipurpose cooperative society was selected using purposive sampling technique from all the types of cooperatives. In the second stage, from the total 18 multi-purpose cooperative societies found in the district, the researcher adopted convenience-sampling technique to identify 9 primary multipurpose cooperative societies as the sampled unit. In the third stage, the researcher adopted census survey method for all members of management committee (63), all members of the control committees (27) and all members of the credit committees (27), amounted to 117. Focus group discussion was conducted among 9 full groups. In addition one individual from audit department and two experts from cooperative promotion department of the district promotion offce were selected for key informant interview guided by checklist. The required data were collected and analyzed to assess determinant of cooperative leadership to design social innovation strategies. Bivariate and multivariate analysis of selected variables show that from the fourteen variables entered in to the model four of them show statistically high probability of influence on the dependent variable. These are education, linkage or relationship between committees, incentive and leadership skills. Therefore social innovation strategies designed to enhance the capacity of cooperative leadership should be based on this grounds. From pair wise comparison of high quality and low quality score societies against the determinants of leadership show that keeping all other factors constant age, social participation, media exposure, contact with change agents, training, government intervention, relation among leaders and members and among the committees and leadership skill would make a difference to the quality level of leadership in cooperative societies which lead to social innovation strategies that specifc cooperative society needs for specifc social innovation strategy.

Keywords: Cooperatives, leadership, social innovation, determinants

Model Regresi Logistik dan Rangkaian Neural: Suatu Perbandingan dalam Mengukur Kerugian Koperasi

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Currently, The use of statistical models to predict business failures have been noticed. However, very few studies have been conducted to predict the loss of a co-operative business. The objective of this study to construct the Logistic Regression model (LR) and Neural Network (NN), to compare and to identify the best model (LR and NN) and identify important variables in forecasting losses cooperative. Data from 2009 until 2011 were obtained from the Department of Cooperatives Commission of Malaysia (CCM) Terengganu branch were analyzed using SPSS Clementine version 12.0 Results shown that the Prune method in the NN model gave the highest value of testing 82.77%, the sensitivity of 82.90%, the specifcity of 75% and minimum error (MSE) of 17%. Capital was the most variable influence towards the cooperative loss due to the highest value of 0.23(23%).

Keywords: Cooperative, Cooperative loss, Logistic Regression and Neural Network

Penggunaan model statistik untuk meramalkan kegagalan perniagaan telah mendapat perhatian pada masa kini. Walau bagaimanapun, sangat sedikit kajian telah dijalankan untuk meramalkan kerugian dalam perniagaan sesebuah koperasi. Objektif kajian ialah untuk membina model Regresi Logistik (RL) dan Rangkaian Neural (RN), membandingkan dan mengenalpasti model ramalan terbaik (RL dan RN) serta mengenalpasti pembolehubah penting dalam peramalan kerugian koperasi. Data 2009 sehingga 2011 diperolehi daripada Jabatan Suruhanjaya Koperasi Malaysia (SKM) cawangan Terengganu di analisis menggunakan SPSS Clementine versi 12.0. Hasil kajian mendapati bahawa kaedah Prun di dalam model RN memberikan nilai pengujian yang paling tinggi iaitu 82.77%, nilai kepekaan iaitu 82.90%, nilai ketentuan iaitu 75% dan kadar ralat (MSE) terendah iaitu 17%. Modal menjadi pembolehubah yang paling mempengaruhi kerugian koperasi kerana mempunyai nilai yang paling tinggi iaitu 0.23(23%).

Kata Kunci : Koperasi, Kerugian Koperasi, Regresi Logistik dan Rangkaian Neural.

Faktor-Faktor Kritikal Kejayaan Perniagaan Kedai Runcit Koperasi di Negeri Sarawak

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Kajian eksplorasi ini dijalankan bertujuan mengenalpasti profl serta faktor-faktor kritikal kejayaan koperasi yang menjalankan perniagaan kedai runcit di Negeri Sarawak. Profil koperasi yang menjalankan kedai runcit di Negeri Sarawak menunjukkan kebanyakan ia ditubuhkan sebelum tahun 1990 dan kebanyakannya bertumpu di kawasan luar bandar. Kebanyakan ia hanya menumpukan kepada satu jenis perniagaan sahaja tanpa adanya aktiviti-aktiviti sokongan perniagaan lain. Hasil kajian ini juga telah mengenalpasti terdapat enam faktor kritikal penyumbang dalam menentukan kejayaan sesebuah perniagaan kedai runcit koperasi di Negeri Sarawak yang terdiri dari faktor keusahawanan, sokongan, komunikasi, persaingan, susun atur dan pengurusan.

Kata kunci: Faktor-faktor kritikal, Koperasi, Kedai runcit