Professional Management in Co-operatives.
Meaning of a professional personality :
"A professional is a person who can do his/her best at a time when he doesn't particularly feel like doing it."
DEFINITION:
According to BusinessDictionary.com professionalism is defined as follows :
"Meticulous adherence to undeviating courtesy, honesty, and responsibility in one's dealings with customers and associates, plus a level of excellence that goes over and above the commercial considerations and legal requirements."
BENEFITS
Key for business success.
Maintaining relationship.
Maintaining career.
POSSIBLE AREAS OF PROFESSIONALISM IN THE CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY
Act and rules.
Conduct regular meetings.
Follow various Acts & Rules at the time of Election.
Not Only to follow Co-operative rules.
Bye-Laws.
First consider the needs and interest of the members.
Should not simply copy the Bye –Laws.
Financial Code
Should not be involved in any Financial Malpractices …
Maintain Proper Books of Accounts.
Pay Taxes and Dues on Time.
HRD Code
Follow Human Resource Strategies.
Training and Development Programmes.
Human Being as an Important Assets.
Total Quality People in the Society.
Technology Upgradation.
Must always Upgrade their Technology.
Management Information System.
HISTORY AND BACKGRAOUND
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Amalsad vibhag vividh karyakari sahakari khedut mandali is located in south Gujarat.
It has been in existence for 60 years, established in 1941.
It operates in 17 villages.
the present CEO of Amalsad is Mr.Hemant Naik. Amaldas undertakes
MAJOR ACTIVITIES INCLUDE :
supply of consumer goods
Motto: “if the member needs something, we shall supply it”
Output marketing.
Financial services to the members
The initiative of Computerization came from the CEO Mr.Hemant Naik.
The computerization process started in 1991.
The Amalsad was the co-operative in its vicinity to go for computerization.
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MAJOR CONSTRAINTS AND ITS SOLUTIONS
Structure of hierarchy.
SOLUTION: As the plan of Computerization was initiated by chief executive itself.
Language barrier
SOLUTION: Adopting a regional language and in this case it is the Guajarati interface.
Approval from the management
SOLUTION: Element of cost issue to get the management approval.
Tackling with the human resource
SOLUTION: Eliminate fear of losing job, another approach was creating “the element of pride”, in house training to the employees
IMPACT OF COMPUTERIZATION ON AMALSAD
2.Development of member database
3.Helped in providing greater information to the management
4. Other benefits
Professionalism in management refers to upliftment of employees and that of any organization.
many business problems and failures can be attributed either directly or indirectly to a lack of basic professionalism or workplace efficiency