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A Study of the Management of School Cooperative Stores at Elementary Schools and Junior High Schools in Taiwan Province A Master Thesis Huang, Wan-chang (Abstract) The purposes of this study were to (1) investigate the theory of the cooperative economics, (2) understand the developmental history of the system of cooperation, (3) analyze the problems of the management of school cooperative stores at elementary schools and junior high schools in Taiwan province, (4) provide recommendations for the improvement of the management of school cooperative stores. The samples of this study were 444 chairmen from the school cooperative stores at elementary schools and junior high schools in Taiwan province, who were stratified random sampling on the basis of every county or city. For the collection of the data, the questionaire, Management of School Cooperative Stores Description Questionaire, made by the researcher was used. The effectual samples were 273, 61.49% for all samples. The obtained data were statistically treated by using spss/pc+ and Chi-square test. The major findings and conclusions of this study were summaried as the followings: 1. The school cooperative store has three dimensions of funtion: (1)economical, (2)social, (3)educational. We should regard it as an important location with much value of “hidden not just a selling place. 2. There were at least thirteen problems on the management of school cooperative stores at elementary schools and junior high schools in Taiwan province, which should be solved emergently and actively. 3. For school cooperative stores, there are two authorities concerned in the government of Taiwan province--Department of Education and Office of Cooperative Enterprises Administration. These two organizations sometimes have different ideas about school cooperative stores, but they should make concerted efforts to resolve the problems of school cooperative stores.
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