080 January - February - 1999

Issue Number:

80

Issue Months:

January - February

Issue Year:

1 999

Issue's Articles

Title	Issue	Date
Retained Earnings or Returned Earnings? BY Scott Beers, Margaret Lund Ask co-op members anywhere, "What's the purpose of this co-op, anyway?" and you'll likely get some variation of the answer, "To serve the members." Ask them how best to do that, how	080 January - February - 1999	January 8, 2004
Staff Teams Build Effective Solutions BY Terry Appleby Introducing forms of participation to a traditional management hierarchy was the goal; a quality improvement process was the method.	080 January - February - 1999	January 8, 2004
Relief for Human Disasters BY Dave Gutknecht If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, that common observation remains a difficult cautionary lesson for many people.	080 January - February - 1999	January 8, 2004
Building and Improving Membership Programs BY Karen Zimbelman, Marilyn Scholl Members are the lifeblood of a co-op: a truism of cooperatives. Without members, a co-ops wouldn't be a co-op; it would be just another local grocery store.	080 January - February - 1999	January 8, 2004
Strong Training in Operations: Important for Strong Co-ops! BY Patty Stockdale Here is a solution for when you have poor or no retail training materials!	080 January - February - 1999	January 8, 2004