<b>The management of cooperatives: theoretical derivations of utopianism</b></b> - doi: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v35i1.18613

  • Elisa Zwick Universidade Federal de Alfenas
  • José Roberto Pereira Universidade Federal de Lavras
Keywords: cooperative management, theoretical categories, structural dimensions, substantive rationality, instrumental rationality

Abstract

Cooperative organization is analyzed to identify theoretical categories underlying the socio-political, administrative-institutional and financial dimensions. Since categories are modal concepts that articulate ideas underlying theories, they manifest themselves dynamically within Cooperatives through the management models adopted. Although antagonistically presented for explanatory purposes, categories are often interconnected within the same system and maintain their interfaces. Moreover, the activities of different issues are also discussed. In fact, they demonstrate that Cooperatives are often de-characterized in their basic principles and enrolled as a mere economic section and thus placing the analysis of the social issue question at a lower plane.

 


 

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Author Biographies

Elisa Zwick, Universidade Federal de Alfenas
Mestre e doutoranda em Administração pela Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA); Graduada em Administração pela Universidade Regional do Noroeste do Estado do Rio Grande do Sul (Unijuí); Professora do Curso de Bacharelado Interdisciplinar em Ciência e Economia e do Curso de Gestão Pública da Universidade Federal de Alfenas.
José Roberto Pereira, Universidade Federal de Lavras
Doutor em Sociologia pela Universidade de Brasília (UnB); Professor Associado III da Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA); Diretor de Contratos e Convênios – DICON; Coordenador da Incubacoop-UFLA.
Published
2013-04-30
How to Cite
Zwick, E., & Pereira, J. R. (2013). <b>The management of cooperatives: theoretical derivations of utopianism</b></b&gt; - doi: 10.4025/actascihumansoc.v35i1.18613. Acta Scientiarum. Human and Social Sciences, 35(1), 13-23. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihumansoc.v35i1.18613
Section
Administration