Cooperatives and Mutuals Strategic Development Programme

BCCM and AIM WA and the University of Western Australia Business School, Executive Education

Our sister organisation the BCCM is bringing Australia’s leading executive education programme for cooperative and mutual leaders to Sydney for the first time.

This three-day programme has been designed by Winthrop Professor Tim Mazzarol following extensive research into the needs of cooperative and mutual organisations.

This face-to-face programme is fully comprehensive and allows for a deep dive into the individual issues and opportunities that face participants and their organisations.

The programme will focus on cooperative and mutual organisations’ sustainability, performance and resilience and is designed for current or aspiring board members, CEOs and their direct reports, and senior leaders who have, or will have, a strategic role in their business.

Programme objectives of the CME-SDP

At the conclusion of the programme participants will be able to:

• Compare and contrast the co-operative and mutual business model with that of investor-owned businesses.

• Exhibit knowledge of the co-operative and mutual business model as it exists locally, nationally and internationally

• Demonstrate an ability to apply their understanding of co-operative and mutual enterprise business model dynamics to the solving of managerial problems

• Evaluate the impact and make strategic decisions in relation to:

  • government policies and legal environments

  • competitive market dynamics

  • social cooperation within their member community, and

  • the impact of the natural environment

• Understand the nature of member loyalty and engagement within a co-operative and mutual enterprise and how to strengthen and retain member commitment.

Modules

• Module 1: Understanding Co-operative and Mutual Business Models

• Module 2: Marketing our Co-operative Advantage (MOCA)

• Module 3: Governance and Leadership in Co-operative and Mutual Enterprises

• Module 4: Financing Co-operative and Mutual Enterprises

• Module 5: Legislative Structures and their Impact on Co-operative and Mutual Enterprises

• Presentation of proposed changes to the CME business model

About the presenter

The programme is facilitated by Professor Tim Mazzarol, a world expert in the cooperative and mutual sector. Tim has conducted extensive research and has authored many publications outlining the key issues, advantages and challenges that face cooperative and mutual organisations. Tim is a highly skilled and engaging facilitator who takes an experiential approach to adult education, which challenges and inspires participants.