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Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer is a growers cooperative. Around 3300 growers are members of thecooperative society and thus joint owners of the auction building. As members, they are obligedto sell their entire product via the auction. The grower contributes a percentage of his sales profitfor the use of the building and staff costs this is !nown as the commission. This percentage is setin the general meeting. Buyers are not members, but are registered as buyers in thecomputerised administration system.

"ith its ###,000 s$uare meters of floor space %soon to be more than & million', the auctionbuilding is the largest commercial building in the world, according to the (uinness Boo! of)ecords.

Bloemenveiling Aalsmeer turns over *+) million every day.

An average of million flowers and - million plants change hands every day within a surfacearea of & million s$uare meters. These are supplied by around 000 growers worldwide, andbought by &3/ wholesalers and eporters. "ithin a couple of hours, they are eported to almostevery country in the world. Aalsmeer 1lower Auctions mar!et share is 22.

The Aim is to make Wardhannapet Cooperative Womens Society into something likeBloemenveiling Aalsmeer Growers Cooperative.

Yugantar wants to e !evelopment "acilitators "or the same.

#rgani$ational !evelopment "or Community Based #rgani$ations%A research

%&or improving Wardhannapet Cooperative Womens !iaryhttp455www.cdf6sahavi!asa.net5show6page.php7page8id9

#rgani$ation developmentis the process through which an organi:ation develops the internalcapacity to most efficiently and effectively provide its mission wor! and to sustain itself over thelong term. This definition highlights the eplicit connection between organi:ational developmentwor! and the achievement of organi:ational mission. This connection is the rationale for doing;< wor!. ;rgani:ation development, according to )ichard Bec!hard, is defined as4 a planned

effort, organi:ation6wide, managed from the top, to increase organi:ation effectiveness andhealth, through planned interventions in the organi:ation=s =processes=, using behavioural science!nowledge.>&?

According to "arren Bennis, organi:ation development %;

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+nsure sta"" understand work re,uirements* time limits* and other restrictions that

a""ect how they serve the participants. Ctaff who are inade$uately informed about thewelfare reform policies of a state or county are less li!ely to meet performance contractmeasures, and they will be less effective in addressing client needs.

+nhance data collection and reporting systems and use the outcome data to

improve the CB#s per"ormance. Cuch actions can improve the organi:ations ability

to satisfy contract reporting re$uirements as well as improve service delivery for clients.Dncreasingly, B;s are developing web sites to provide service and referral information.B;s with less capacity for information systems management could hire a staff personwho is specifically tas!ed with managing these databases.

-denti"y sustainale "unding sources to ensure the CB#s solvency and help

leverage interest among other "unders. Cecuring matching funds from communityfoundations and other private funders is one way B;s can better position themselves tocompete for state and local government contracts. Eany national organi:ationsrepresenting B;s also provide technical assistance to their members on fundraisingstrategies, board development, cultural competency, leadership development, and otherareas that contribute to an organi:ations ability to raise capital.

A ision o" #rgani$ational /ealth'

Components o" an +""ective #rgani$ation Fision, Falues and Eission

(overnance

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