coopindex part 1. fundamentals. assisting coops in their development
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CO-OP INDEX
Assisting Co-ops in their development
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Part 1. Fundamentals
DEVELOPMENT, DECLINE AND FALL OF ORGANIZATIONS
All organizations are subject to forces which lead to abandoning their values and principles. If nothing is done they decline and
fall.
Time
Development (e.g. size)
Point of renewalArea of possible !change
Inevitable fall
Decline starts at the moment! of the greatest prosperity
Initial!adherence!to values
HOWEVER, WE DO NOT NOTICE THE CHANGES LIKE A FROG IN A HOT POT UNTIL IT
IS BOILED
Only monitoring the organization, reflection and habitual returning to the initial values can save the organization from
inevitable destruction.
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IN COOPINDEX WE ASK ABOUT DAILY PRACTICES
BUT WE DRAW CONCLUSIONS ABOUT THE WEAKNESSES OF VALUES, PRINCIPLES, SYSTEMS, CLIMATE, ATTITUDES AND OUTCOMES.
Practices
CO-OP INDEX
Co-op
Prin
ciples
Co-op
Value
s
Syste
ms
Climate
Attitudes
Outcomes
These results are meant to evoke strategic
discussion.
OUR DIAGNOSIS IS BASED ON TWO ORIGINAL ASSUMPTIONS
The two assumptions lead to abandoning the measurement of any means by the tool. Frequencies are the main measures.
!Participation like ability to
speak is a universal element of human nature.
!
!An individual view of the
organization has a contagious character and may spread
like an epidemic
PARTICIPATION IS NOT POPULAR BECAUSE IT REQUIRES MASTERY IN DEALING WITH APPARENT CONTRADICTIONS
Trust Truth
Be Have
Complexity Effectiveness
DeterminismFree will
Focus on people Focus on tasks
Self-justificationBlaming others
Variability Stability
Engagement Cynicism
! Individualism
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2
3
4
5
6
7
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Common Good
ParticipationTotalism
Diagnosis
Values
Expertise
Attention in relationships
Cyclicity
Organic sustainability
Independence
TPIM
DIAGNOSTIC PROCESS
Ideal Coops
Real Co-ops
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL MEASUREMENT ANALOGICAL TO MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS Number of positive similarities x number of persons who experience them
The tool reflects the perception or absence of ideal practices. The ideal is
based on the concept of total participation and Coop Values and Principles
In medicine: Symptoms x Victims
Focus on positive aspects and not pathologies is the main difference between
our and medical diagnosis.
CHANGE PROCESS IS DEFINED AS A PROCESS OF ACHIEVING
HIGHER INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP EXPERTISE IN UNDERSTANDING
VARIOUS ASPECTS OF ORGANIZATIONAL COMPLEXITY
TPIMIdeal
Co-op
Real Co-op Stage1
Time
Real Co-op Stage 2
Real Co-op Stage 3
WIDESPREAD UNDERSTANDING OF COMPLEXITY IS THE FUNDAMENTAL CHANGE AGENT.
Inspiration:
The structure of the economic mechanisms is complex (...). Political and economic development and progress is a quantitative function of understanding of the mechanisms. It is equivalent to the relationship between the number of people who understand the assumptions, goals and methods, often distant in their consequences and the number of people who are driven by ad hoc or thoughtless reflexes in a given society.
“The Outline of Economic History of the World” - 1947
EUGENIUSZ KWIATKOWSKI (1888-1974)
THE TOOLS BASED ON THESE ASSUMPTIONS HAVE A LONG HISTORY WHICH STARTED IN 1999
1999, 2000, 2001 OpenIndex
2003 OpenIndex
2005-2007 NonProfit Index
2009 Co-op Index for Worker Co-ops
2010 NonProfit OpenIndex
2000-2013 OpenIndex
“Solidarity” was looking for a tool to measure adherence of a company to the statutory values of the Union. They organized the competition: “Firma Przychylna Ludziom” (People Oriented Company)
CXO - Managers’ Journal was looking for a tool measuring social responsibility of Polish companies.
Batory Foundation used Non Profit Index to measure the impact of a grant from American Freedom Foundation on 17 large non-profits in Poland
CUN used the tool to measure organizational professionalization of 10 non-profit organization. The tool was based on CoopIndex
SMU needed the tool to measure coops’ adherence to Cooperative Values and Principles
THE FUTURE OF INDEXES ARE IN PREPARATION
2013-2015 Cuban CoopIndex
2010 Co-op Index for Producer Co-ops
2013 CoopIndex Coop Banks
2014-2017 MyIndex
A team of coop developers started development of a tool for producer coops.
A SMU team from Canada started development of the Cuban version of CoopIndex for worker coops.
Wojtyla Institute developed a Polish version of CoopIndex to be used in Polish co-operative banks in 2015.
The European Commission sponsors a three year fellowship devoted to the study of cooperative isomorphism. Part of the study is based on the individual expertise measurement tool - MyIndex.
So far CoopIndex was translated to: French, Spanish, Polish, Portuguese, Finnish. It also has two English versions.
FOR MORE INFORMATION
www.coopindex.coop www.stocki.org