Accountability of board and management to members in primary agricultural marketing cooperatives societies (amcos) in Tanzania, evidence from selected amcos of Bukoba and Moshi Districts

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dc.contributor.authorRwekaza, Gratian Cronery
dc.contributor.authorKayunze, Kim Abel
dc.contributor.authorKimaryo, Leons Philip
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-28T06:08:17Z
dc.date.available2023-07-28T06:08:17Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.descriptionEuropean Journal of Research and Reflection in Management Sciences,Vol. 6 No. 2en_US
dc.description.abstractCo-operative democracy plays a key social function in the organization of economic relations that govern member owned firms where the aspect of managerial accountability is becoming important for co-operative to embark on sustainable democracy. In Tanzania, various efforts have been made to ensure primary Agriculture Marketing Co-operative Society (AMCOS) mainstream member ownership and democracy where Board and management accountable to members are apparent. The study used primary AMCOS of Bukoba and Moshi district. The study revealed that the management were much accountable to the Union in Bukoba district primary AMCOS as compared to Moshi district. The use of meetings, members opt the use general meeting to affect managerial accountability to AMCOS members. Education and training at the primary AMCOS was examined and most had no plan to obtain education and some primary AMCOS shows education were not provided but planned to be provided. Information dissemination was done by using village meetings as compared to the use of primary AMCOS notice Board. Also, decisions are not implemented as members agreed while few accepting meeting decisions to be implemented. Reasons limiting implementations being absence of implementation plans. The decision ownership powers were found to be on the hands of union in Bukoba district primary AMCOS by while Moshi district primary AMCOS Management had more ownership power. The membership rights also indicated the lowest percentage on right to chose leaders of the primary AMCOS, right to sell their produce in the primary AMCOS and right to co- operative education. The leadership succession planning had the lowest present, revealing no primary AMCOS has performed it and the reasons being youth migration to town. The study recommends that education co-operative governance to members be emphasised since it is important for next generation leaders who will become Board members capable of running their organisationsen_US
dc.identifier.issn2056-5992
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.suaire.sua.ac.tz/handle/123456789/5485
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIDpublicationen_US
dc.subjectBoard management accountabilityen_US
dc.subjectPrimary Agriculturalen_US
dc.subjectMarketingen_US
dc.subjectCooperatives societiesen_US
dc.titleAccountability of board and management to members in primary agricultural marketing cooperatives societies (amcos) in Tanzania, evidence from selected amcos of Bukoba and Moshi Districtsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.urlwww.idpublications.orgen_US

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