Management Tip How managing a co-op dififers from running an investor-owned firm

摘要

I was asked to discuss the differences between managing a co-op and an investor-owned I company, from thevantage point of my 40-year career with GROWMARK Inc., including the last 12 serving as the co-op's chief executive officer. While I have not had any experience in managing in a publicly traded corporation, I do serve as a director of one, which gives me some insight into the differences and similarities between cooperatives and their publicly traded counterparts.