BASICS ON

COOPERATIVE
MANAGEMENT
COOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
KCAST
“ A cooperative is an :
 Autonomous
 duly registered association of persons with common
bond of interest who have voluntarily joined together to
achieve their social, economic, and cultural needs and
aspirations
 Making equitable distributions to the capital required
 Patronizing their products and services
 Accepting fair share of the risks and benefits of the
undertaking

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(a) Credit Cooperative
(b) Consumers Cooperative;
(c) Producers
(d) Marketing Cooperative
(e) Service Cooperative
(f) Multi-purpose Cooperative;
(h) Agrarian Reform Cooperative 4
(i) Cooperative Bank
(j) Dairy Cooperative
(k) Education Cooperative
(l) Electric Cooperative
(m) Financial Service Cooperative
(n) Fishermen Cooperative
(o) Health Services Cooperative 13
(p) Housing Cooperative
(r)Transport Cooperative
(s) Water Service Cooperative
(t) Workers Cooperative
(u)Other types of cooperatives as may
be determined by the Authority
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(1)To encourage thrift and
savings mobilization among the
members;

(2)To generate funds and extend

credit to the members for
productive and provident
purposes;
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(3) To encourage among members
systematic production and
marketing;

(4) To provide goods and services

and other requirements to the
members;
(5) To develop expertise and
skills
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(6) To lands and provide
acquire benefits for the
housing
members;
(7) To insure against losses of the
members;
(8) To promote and advance the
economic, social and educational
status of the members;
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(9) To establish, own, lease or
operate cooperative banks,
cooperative wholesale and retail
complexes, insurance and
agricultural/industrial processing
enterprises, and public markets;

(10)To coordinate and facilitate the

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(11) To advocate for the cause of the
cooperative movement;

(12) To ensure the viability of

cooperatives through the
utilization of new technologies;

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(13) To encourage and promote self-
help or self-employment as an
engine for economic growth and
poverty alleviation; and
(14) To undertake any and all other
activities for the effective and
efficient implementation of the
provisions of this Code.
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This should be enumerated
specifically by the cooperative in
their articles of cooperationthe
type of business that they will
engage into.

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(1) To the exclusive use of its
registered name, to sue and be
sued;
(2) Of succession;
(3) To amend its articles of
cooperation in accordance with
the provisions of this Code;
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(4) To adopt by-laws not contrary to
law, morals or public policy, and
to amend and repeal the same in
accordance with the Code;

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(5) To purchase, receive, take or grant,
hold, convey, sell, lease, pledge,
mortgage, and otherwise deal with
such real and personal property as
the transaction of the lawful affairs
of the cooperative may reasonably
and necessarily require, subject to
the limitations prescribed by law and
the Constitution;
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(6) To enter into division,
merger or consolidation

(7) To form subsidiary cooperatives

(8) To join federations or unions

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(9) To avail of loans, be entitled to
credit and to accept and
receive grants, donations and
assistance from foreign and
domestic sources.

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(10) To avail of preferential rights
granted to cooperatives under
Republic Act No. 7160,
otherwise known as the Local
Government Code, and other
laws.

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(11) To organize and operate schools
in accordance with Republic Act
No. 9155
(12) To exercise such other powers
granted by the Code or as stated
in its articles of cooperation.

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