Uma análise da experiência da educação cooperativista em uma cooperativa de crédito

Abstract

The present work analyzes the experience of cooperative education in a Credit Union. It sought to understand the conception of cooperative education that guides the cooperative; understand the training process of employees and associates; to verify the perception of the members about the cooperative education proposal and, finally, to verify if among the associates who had access to the training activities, there was a more effective participation in the organization's daily life. For that, we opted for the case study in a Credit Union located in Governador Mangabeira, Bahia. There were 17 interviews, based on a semi-structured script, in addition to the field diary prepared with observations made at the cooperative during the researcher's internship periods. The analyzes revealed that the Credit Union needs to develop continuous training activities for its members, in order to promote cooperative education; demystify the fact that Cooperativa de Crédito is not a bank and encourage participation so that it can effectively practice self-management.