02627nam a2200253   450000500170000000800410001703500150005810000250007324501400009826000520023830000360029049000270032650001030035350200570045652013900051365000460190370000330194970000430198270000440202571000730206971001070214281000590224985600650230820260818113307.0200898         th                  eng    a.b1026968x1 aColis, Joan Carla F.10aFactors affecting the group formation, performance and continuity of multi-purpose cooperatives :bcase studies from Leyte, Philippines  aBangkok :bAsian Institute of Technology,c1993  a107 leaves +e1 online resource1 aThesis ;vno. HS-93-10  aA thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science   aThesis (M.Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 1993  aThis study is primarily founded on a qualitative study of factors affecting group formation, performance, and continuity of groups in the two cooperatives of Hilongos Multi-Purpose Cooperative, Hilongos and San Isidro Parish Credit Cooperative, Inc., Inopacan, Leyte Province, Philippines. The group of the initiators and the followers are the two groups of samples set according to the stage in joining the cooperative. Data was obtained through individual interviews, related literature, and participant observation. The findings revealed that the factors affecting group formation are: 1) an organizing process which consist of the organizers, their roles and functions, the educational process; and 2) the interpersonal relations wherein the network of friends and kin exist. As for factors that enhance group performance and continuity, the results show that interpersonal relations and group competence, as a problem solving mechanism, are the important factors. Interpersonal relations include the awareness and participation of the members. Group competence can be manifest in the committee members of the cooperative playing significant roles in leadership. Furthermore, more focus is given to the group of the initiators than the group of the followers with regard to the three important factors which are the organizing process, interpersonal relations and group competence. 0aConsumer cooperativesxPhilippinesxLeyte1 aWeber, Karl E.,eChairperson1 aDias, Hiran D.,eExamination committee1 aDemaine, Harvey,eExamination Committee2 aCanadian International Development Agency (CIDA),eScholarship donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology-Canadian Universities Consortium Partnership Project,eScholarship donor2 aAsian Institute of Technology.tThesis ;vno. HS-93-10  3Full-Textuhttp://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/detail.php?q=B16933