Like any business organization with investments coming from many people, governance in the cooperative is an important matter. Laws governing corporations have provisions on corporate governance to protect the interest of investors and the public. Co-operative laws also have provisions on co-operative governance to ensure the smooth running of the business in the interest of members, the owners.
Members entrust the day-to-day operation of the co-operative’s business to elected officers, who in turn appoint or hire personnel to manage that business. It is important that these elected and appointed officers and managers understand how the system of governance in the co-operative works and what their roles are in that system.
It is for them that this module is specifically intended.
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