A tomada de decisão no cooperativismo: caso de uma cooperativa agroindustrial santanense

Abstract

The present article aims to analyze the decision making at the Coperforte cooperative in Santana do Livramento / RS, and also to verify how the decision-making process results. In order to reach the proposed objectives, a descriptive method was chosen, with a qualitative approach, the adopted instrument for data collection was a semi-structured interview script. Two cooperative members were interviewed, being the same coordinators of base nuclei of the settlements that belong to the routes of the cooperative. An interview was also held with the general director of Coperforte. Documents were also used, such as minutes of general meetings held in the years 2016 to 2018 to support the documentary analysis. Decisions are made through participatory meetings at each grassroots level and each group is composed of an administrative and a deliberative advisor, with the councils being formed by members of the settlements that make up Coperfort. As a result, the decisions that most influence decision-making are those of a financial nature.