A Relational Understanding of Co-Educating and Learning: Information Sharing and Advice Seeking Behavior in a Dairy Cooperative in Gujarat, India

Shyam Singh , Nathalie Holvoet , Sara Dewachter
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This article, building on the 5th principle of the Statement of the Cooperative Identity explores the practice of co-educating and learning behavior among the members of a dairy cooperative society. The study adopts a social network approach by focusing on two relational social ties: information sharing and advice-seeking. Building on a case of a 55-year-old dairy cooperative in India, the social network analysis finds information-sharing relations among members to be inclusive, with no members isolated, and information exchanged along formal and knowledge hierarchies. Likewise, information sharing is horizontal, with information smoothly exchanged even among new and already established members, as is the transfer of leadership roles from the older members of the cooperatives to the younger members. Advice-seeking networks tend to be a bit more centralized toward board members and members exerting day-to-day leadership because of their knowledge and expertise regarding the organization and its policies. Our analysis suggests inclusive information sharing among members and a well-structured and functioning advice and knowledge-sharing network that contributes to learning of the cooperative members.

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共同教育与学习的关系理解:印度古吉拉特邦一家乳品合作社的信息共享与咨询行为
本文以合作社身份声明的第5条原则为基础,探讨了乳品合作社成员之间共同教育和学习行为的实践。本研究采用社会网络研究方法,重点关注两种关系社会关系:信息共享和咨询。以印度一家有55年历史的乳制品合作社为例,社会网络分析发现,成员之间的信息共享关系是包容的,没有成员是孤立的,信息是按照正式和知识层次交换的。同样,信息共享是横向的,即使在新成员和已成立的成员之间也能顺利交换信息,合作社的领导角色从较年长的成员转移到较年轻的成员也是如此。寻求建议的网络倾向于更集中于董事会成员和发挥日常领导作用的成员,因为他们对组织及其政策的知识和专业知识。我们的分析表明,合作社成员之间应进行包容性的信息共享,并建立一个结构良好、功能良好的咨询和知识共享网络,以促进合作社成员的学习。
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