Under the rapid change of the socio-economic environment, the cooperative associations of the medium and small scale enterprises stand at a turning point of the business activities and organizations. The activation of the cooperative organization is the matter of urgency.
In 1988, we surveyed the current conditions of the business, organization, and management of the 3277 cooperative business associations in Kinki. The data from 1406 cooperatives were gathered, and analyses were made on the relationship among the organizational factors and the level of activation. Analytical results show that strategy formulation of the association, integrative organizational climate among the medium and amall scale enterprises, and loosely coupled linkage with other organizations are the necessary conditions to activate the cooperative organization.
