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Course code: RESS10234f13Semester: 2013/2014 summer
Name: Rural cooperative
Major: Economics
Study Type: first cycle
Course type: optional
Study Semester: 6
ECTS points: 2
Hours (Lectures / Tutorials / Other): 15 / 15 / 0
Lecturer: dr inż. Danuta Gonet
Language of instruction: Polish
Learning outcomes: The student is able to discuss, differently than in the EU countries, the determinants of development of Polish rural areas and agriculture. He can explain the economic importance of farmers teamwork. He gets to know, as a future manager, the specification and the management system of the cooperative enterprise, the current trends in the development of the cooperative enterprise, as well as the modern sources of financing.
Competences: The student is able to manage a cooperative company as well as carry out the accounting of his farm.
Prerequisites: Micro- and macroeconomics, law
Course content: Economic and social need for the development of the cooperative movement. The historical aspects of the cooperative ideals. Analysis of the essence of the cooperative company. Organisational and legal forms of the cooperative subjects. Evolution of cooperative principles. Various aspects of membership, members’ bonds. Membership as the condition of the cooperative development. Types of cooperatives depending on the level of food processing versus market balance. The development of big cooperative groups and consequences of these transformations. Strategic options of cooperative companies in the time of market globalization. Modern sources of financing. The state’s attitude towards the cooperative subjects in EU countries and Poland. The new cooperative paradigm.
Recommended literature: Major literature: Mierzwa D.: Przedsiębiorstwo spółdzielcze – tradycja i współczesność. Wyd. UP, Wrocław 2010. Complementary literature: Brzozowski B.: Podstawy gospodarki spółdzielczej. Wybrane zagadnienia. Wyd. Uniwersytetu Rolniczego, Kraków 2008.
Assessment methods: Successful completion; minimum acquisition of the knowledge - 60%
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