Organic Organizational Structure and Organizational Entrepreneurship in Agricultural Cooperatives

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Abstract1
Nowadays, many experts believe that the survival and duration of enterprises, especially
agricultural cooperatives in the future depends on the development, improvement and
promotion of organizational entrepreneurship. The development of organizational
entrepreneurship in agricultural cooperatives, undoubtedly need appropriate organizational
structure. Cooperation, as one of the main components of economic could prepare requirements
necessary to development of organizational entrepreneurship. Nevertheless investigate the effect
of organic organizational structure on organizational entrepreneurship in agricultural
cooperatives is essential to promote, dynamic and improve the performance of agricultural
cooperatives. So, this study has been conducted to investigate effect of organic organizational
structure, demanded structure and appropriate for development of organizational
entrepreneurship in agricultural cooperative. The results revealed that appropriate organizational
structure in agricultural cooperatives can be effective in organizational entrepreneurship in
cooperatives to improve the performance of agricultural cooperatives.

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