Poor Management, A Stumbling Stone Of Consumer Cooperatives Development

INTRODUCTION From the book cooperative identity (1998) “the modern cooperative movement began England during the fist part of the nineteenth century. There were many years of experimentation, and many failed attempts, before a successful cooperative was established. The turning point came in 1944 when the first successful cooperative, called the Rochdale, an industrial town close to Manchester. The society was registered under the friendly societies Act. On October 28th 1844, but the shop did not open for business until December 21st 1944. This cooperative shop, established 155 years ago, cont…