This document outlines the session plan for a course on Management of Cooperatives. It covers 4 modules that discuss the concept and principles of cooperation, types of cooperatives, an overview of specific cooperatives, and management functions in cooperatives. The modules will cover topics like the history and development of the cooperative movement in India, classification of cooperatives, roles of credit and marketing cooperatives, and challenges facing the cooperative sector. The session plan lists the lecture contents to be covered over 38 lectures.

1. Gujarat Technological University
MAM (Masters in Applied Management) – Dual degree Program
Semester –IV
Subject Code: 4140505 Subject Name: Management of Cooperatives
Session Plan
Module
No.
Module Content Lecture
No.
Lecture Content Remarks
1 Concept and Principles of
Co-operation
Need of Co-operation – Co-
operation defined –
Principles of Co-operation –
Co-operation, Capitalism
and Socialism
History and Development of
Cooperative Movement
Its History – Committee on
Co-operation (1964) – All
India Rural Credit Review
Committee (1969) –
Seventh Five Year Plan –
Agricultural Credit Review
Committee (1986) –
Committee on Organization
of Co-operatives for Rural
Poor (1990) – Need for a
National Policy on Co-
operatives, Amendment in
Constitution in 2013 for
Cooperatives
1&2 Concept and Principles of
Co-operation – Co-
operation, Capitalism and
Socialism
History and Development
of Cooperative Movement
3&4 Its History – Committee
on Co-operation (1964) –
All India Rural Credit
Review Committee
(1969) – Seventh Five
Year Plan
5&6 Agricultural Credit Review
Committee (1986) –
Committee on
Organization of Co-
operatives for Rural Poor
(1990)
7&8 Need for a National Policy
on Co-operatives,
Amendment in
Constitution in 2013 for
Cooperatives
2 Types of Cooperatives: Credit
Cooperatives; Non-Credit
Cooperatives
Activity Wise Classification:
Marketing Cooperatives
Processing Cooperatives;
Service Cooperatives
Three Tier Structure of
Cooperatives
9&10 Types of Cooperatives:
Credit Cooperatives
11&12 Non-Credit Cooperatives
Activity Wise
Classification
13&14
39&40
Marketing Cooperatives
Processing Cooperatives;
Service Cooperatives
Three Tier Structure of
Cooperatives

2. 3 Overview, Structure , Role
and Functions of
Cooperatives:
Credit and Banking
Cooperatives
Marketing and Consumers’
Co-operatives
Processing Cooperatives
Dairy Cooperatives, Sugar
Cooperatives, Oilseeds
Cooperatives, Cotton
Cooperatives, Fruits and
Vegetable Processing Coops.
Housing Cooperatives
Fisheries Cooperatives
Labor Cooperatives
15&16 Overview, Structure ,
Role and Functions of
Cooperatives:
17&18 Credit and Banking
Cooperatives
Marketing and
Consumers’ Co-
operatives
19&20 Processing Cooperatives
Dairy Cooperatives,
Sugar Cooperatives,
Oilseeds Cooperatives,
Cotton Cooperatives,
21&22 Fruits and Vegetable
Processing Coops.
Housing Cooperatives
Fisheries Cooperatives
Labor Cooperatives
4 Management Functions in
Cooperatives
Sources of Funds for
Cooperatives
Decision Making Process in
Cooperatives
Audit and Inspection of
Cooperatives
Overview of cooperative
laws and bye-laws
Board – Executive
Relationship, Functions of
the Board, Job Description
of a Chief Executive,
Member, Director,
President, General
Manager.
Overview of Cooperative
Societies Act and Bye-laws
Challenges, Problems and
Prospects of Cooperatives
Contemporary issues in
Cooperative sector
23&24 Management Functions in
Cooperatives
Sources of Funds for
Cooperatives
25&26 Decision Making Process
in Cooperatives
Audit and Inspection of
Cooperatives
27&28 Overview of
cooperative laws and
bye-laws
29&30 Board – Executive
Relationship, Functions of
the Board
31&32 Job Description of a Chief
Executive, Member,
Director, President,
General Manager.
33&34 Overview of Cooperative
Societies Act and Bye-
laws
35&36 Challenges, Problems and
Prospects of Cooperatives
37&38 Contemporary issues in
Cooperative sector