Title: Session 2: Organization
1Building Development Oriented Rural Enterprises
Training and Project Development Workshop
Session 2 Organization
Workshop Presentation
2DOCUMENT OVERVIEW
ORGANIZATION TYPES OWNERSHIP ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE HUMAN RESOURCES PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT GROUP ACTIVITY
3ORGANIZATION TYPES
Arranges services like technical support and
buyer identification in exchange for membership
fees and service fees
Service Provider
Collects members produce so that it can be sold
in large batches, but doesnt actually buy it
(farmers retain risk)
Aggregator
INCREASING COMPLEXITY, CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS AND
FARMER BENEFITS
Collects and buys members produce for re-sale,
but performs little or no value-added activities
Distributor
Collects and buys members produce for re-sale
after carrying out value-added process
(integrates several stages of the value chain)
Integrated Business
4DISTRIBUTOR AND INTEGRATED DORE
4. Makes payment (less cost of inputs)
7. Delivers produce needed for fulfillment of
order
8. Delivers produce as ordered
3. Delivers produce as contracted
Sales Marketing Unit
Purchasing Logistics Unit
Suppliers groups
Customers
1. Makes production contract with farmers and
supplies inputs
6. Conveys customer order
5. Places order
9. Makes payment
2. Provides agricultural training to improve
quality
On-farm improvement unit
- Distributor adds no value, just assembles
produce and sends to customer - Integrated DORE adds value through processing or
extensive handling
5CASE STUDY DOI KHAM FOOD COMPANY, THAILAND
Production Purchasing
Postharvest Handling
Sales Marketing
- Sales team estimates demand for next harvest and
sets purchase target - Purchase target is divided up amongst all
Cooperatives who want to produce for Doi Kham - Cooperatives divide allocation amongst
individual farmers - Farmers sign production contract with Doi Kham
and get credit from Bank of Agriculture and
Cooperatives - Farmers produce according to production
guidelines
- Farmers deliver produce to collection centre
- Farmers are paid within 1-2 days less cost of
credit - Produce is dispatched to Chiang Mai Packing
House - Produce is cleaned, trimmed, sorted, packed and
randomly tested for chemical residue - Handling is according to GMP and HACCP standard
- Heat-sensitive produce stays in cold chain
- Sub-grade produce sold unbranded in wet markets
or processed - High grade produce sold with Doi Kham brand
- Produce either sold through own stores or sold
to restaurants, hotels, supermarkets, etc - Produce promoted through expos, newspaper
advertising, books, leaflets and media relations
6SERVICE PROVIDER DORE
3. Pays for service (via membership fees, fee
charges)
1. Makes agreement to provide service and pays
(via donor)
External Service Provider
Suppliers groups
DORE Management
2. Provides service (e.g. extension, credit,
sales contacts)
Doesnt take possession of farmer produce,
provides the smallest benefit for farmers
7CASE STUDY LI JAO MARKETING ASSOCIATION, CHINA
Background
- Li Jao village marketing association is a
2nd-level association - Members are 600 pomegranate farmers in Binchuan
District of Yunnan Province in Southern China - Financed by membership fees, fees charged for
services like grafting, and a commission of
0.1RMB on every kilo sold by the farmers. - In 2005, farmers in the association produced
1,000 tons of pomegranate, and in 2006 the amount
produced and sold was about 3,000 tonnes (all
sales facilitated by association)
Services provided to members
- Standardizing varieties of pomegranates
- Improving farmer cultivation skills
- Helping farmers to carry out basic sorting and
grading - Gathering and disseminating market information
- Gontacting traders and wholesalers on behalf of
individual farmers
8AGGREGATOR DORE
8. Makes payment, less service charge
5. Delivers produce needed for fulfillment of
order
6. Delivers produce as ordered
2. Delivers produce
Sales Marketing Unit
Purchasing Logistics Unit
Suppliers groups
Customers
4. Conveys customer order
3. Places order
1. Provides agricultural training to improve
quality
On-farm improvement unit
7. Makes payment
Aggregator has no advance purchase/contract- it
pays farmer after receiving payment, so farmer
retains risk
9OWNERSHIP MODELS
Farmer owned and managed but not incorporated
Cooperative/Association
Company with shareholders, formal management, but
shareholders are farmers
Farmer-Owned Company
INCREASING CAPITAL AND MANAGEMENT SKILL,
DECREASING PARTICIPATION
Company with share ownership distributed between
farmers and outsiders such as government or
private sector
Farmer-Outsider Joint Venture
- Company or other marketing enterprise entirely
outside owned, can be - Private (e.g. contract-farming company)
- Public/Non-profit (e.g. public sector, NGO-owned)
Outside-Owned Enterprise
10OWNERSHIP MODELS EXAMPLES
Farmer-Owned Company Olamsa, Peru
Cooperative El Ceibo, Bolivia
- Oil Palm company in Pucallpa, Peru, making
400,000 profit per month - Owners are 350 oil palm farmers who established
business- a further 150 farmers who did not join
from the start have no ownership stake - GM is outsider, other managers are owners
- Cocoa cooperative with 2m sales p.a. in Yungas
region of Bolivia - Associated of 38 smaller farmers associations,
over 500 families in total - All managers and most technical staff are
farmers or family of farmers
Outside Owned Mok Chau Tea Co, Vietnam
Joint Venture Fruitimacizo, Colombia
- Tree tomato company in Popoyan, in southern
Colombia - Established by the government investing 66.6,
and the farmers investing 33.3 (in the form of
their orchards) - Outside management team
- Tea company in Son La district in central
vietnam - Owned 100 by the government
- Managed by government officers
11DOCUMENT OVERVIEW
ORGANIZATION TYPES OWNERSHIP ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE HUMAN RESOURCES PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT GROUP ACTIVITY
12ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE TEMPLATE
- Provide strategic oversight
- Represent the owners
- Make fundamental decisions
Ultimate Authority
- Develop strategy
- Ensure managers and senior implement strategy
Management Group
- Run day-to-day operations in accordance with
strategy
Day-to-day Controller
Line Unit 2
Line Unit 1
Line Unit n
Sub-Unit
13MAKING AN ORG CHART I IDENTIFY THE TASKS
Spell out the main operating-level tasks, based
on the business process
4. Make Payment (less cost of credit)
7. Deliver produce to Sales Marketing - Sort,
grade and pack - Ship to city
8. Deliver produce to customer - Check - Repack
- Deliver
3. Ensure delivery of produce - Design delivery
practices - Control system
9. Get customer payment - Issue invoice -
Follow up on invoice
1. Make contracts - Set terms - Sign agreement
2. Give training - Manage training area - Design
program - Run training courses
5. Receive orders from customer - Maintain
customer relationship - Do sales calls and
promotion
6. Convey orders
14MAKING AN ORG CHART II GROUP THE TASKS
Group the main tasks so that similar tasks are
together identify the common theme
7. Deliver produce to Sales Marketing - Sort,
pack and grade - Ship to city
3. Ensure delivery of produce - Design delivery
practices - Control system
Collection and Packing
8. Deliver produce to customer - Check - Repack
- Deliver
5. Receive orders from customer - Maintain
customer relationship - Do sales calls and
promotion
Marketing
1. Make contracts - Set terms - Sign agreement
6. Convey orders
4. Make Payment (less cost of credit)
9. Get customer payment - Issue invoice -
Follow up on invoice
Agricultural Production
2. Give training - Manage training area - Design
program - Run training courses
15MAKING AN ORG CHART III FILL IN BOTTOM LEVEL
Ultimate Authority
Management Group
Day-to-day Management
Collection and Packing Unit
Agricultural Production Unit
Marketing Unit
16MAKING AN ORG CHART IV DEFINE GOVERNANCE
Define major roles and responsibilities of
managers, management group and ultimate authority
17MAKING AN ORG CHART V SET MEMBERSHIP RULES
Define the membership of the main management
groups and give them names
18MAKING AN ORG CHART VI PUT IT ALL TOGETHER
- Chairmen of all local farmers associations
- Monitor appointment of senior manager
- Monitor and evaluate implementation of strategy
and fund raising
Farmers Assembly
- 5 Members elected by Farmers Assembly
- Hire and monitor Operations Manager
- Define strategy
Executive Committee
- Experienced manager hired by executive committee
- Implement strategy
- Hire and manage line managers staff
Operations Manager
Collection and Packing Manager
Agricultural Production Manager
Marketing Manager
Experienced managers
- Make contracts with farmers
- Provide training and credit
- Make payment
- Ensure proper delivery of produce to collection
centre - Manage sorting, packing, grading, shipping
- Manage promotion and sales
- Ship produce to customers
- Manage invoices
19POSSIBLE LINE MANAGEMENT PROVIDERS
Choice
Positive
Negative
- High skill levels
- Availability
- Expensive
- Less committed to community
- May have problems generating community interest
Professional Manager
- Low cost
- Local knowledge
- Commitment to community
- Lower skill
- Many farmers cannot spare time
Local Manager
- Generates community interest
- Low cost
- Local knowledge
- Commitment to community
- Bureaucratic
- Lower skill
- Many farmers cannot spare time
Committee
20CASE STUDIES MANAGEMENT LEADERSHIP
External Manager Olamsa, Peru
Internal Manager ABAPI, Bolivia
- Oil Palm company in Pucallpa, Peru, making
400,000 profit per month - GM is experienced manager with knowledge of Oil
Palm industry hired by farmer-owners because they
recognized they did not have needed skills to
manage and grow business
- Large farmer-owned banana and pineapple company
region of Bolivia - GM is farmer and former deputy of Bolivian coca
growers union - GM manages all functions including logistics,
finance and sales
VS.
Committee Management Red Ecolsierra,Colombia
Individual Management Fruitimacizo, Colombia
- Tree tomato company in Popoyan, in southern
Colombia - General Manager and line managers were all
outsiders/professionals - They were good at managing the business but
weaker at community development
- Farmers Association in the Sierra Nevada,
northern Colombia - Main functions of certification,
commercialization and technical support are
managed by farmer committees - Has commercialized coffee and honey
VS.
21CASE STUDY MIXING INTERNAL EXTERNAL MANAGEMENT
- Red Ecolsierra is a DORE from northern Colombia
- It is commercializing coffee, cocoa, honey and
eco-tourism - There is one senior manager who is a
professional (the GM) and many technical staff
such as sales supervisors and inspectors, but
most of the governance groups are made up of
community members
Community Group
External/professional staff
22DOCUMENT OVERVIEW
ORGANIZATION TYPES OWNERSHIP ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE HUMAN RESOURCES PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT GROUP ACTIVITY
23HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Type
Need
Management Issues
- People able to function in councils/assemblies
- People able to be non-executive directors
- How to empower local people to play role
Governance
- People who can execute agribusiness management
functions
- How to get ideal balance of professional skills
and local knowledge, connections and commitment
Management
- People who can provide technical services like
extension, engineering
- How to develop skills
- How to manage performance
- How to retain
Technical Staff
- People who can provide functions like
administration or skilled industrial roles
- How to manage performance
- How to retain
- How balance needs of business and needs of
beneficiaries
Semi-skilled staff
- People who can provide basic roles like packing,
delivering, etc.
- How to manage performance
- How to retain
- How balance needs of business and needs of
beneficiaries
Labour
24DOCUMENT OVERVIEW
ORGANIZATION TYPES OWNERSHIP ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE HUMAN RESOURCES PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT GROUP ACTIVITY
25TARGET SETTING
Methods to achieve target (mission)
Performance Management begins by setting the
overall target for the organization
To raise beneficiary production quality up to
levels required by the modern trade market
To use local production to supply high-value
customers with the produce they demand
Overall target (goal)
To promote the welfare of its beneficiaries by
profitably commercializing the agriculture in the
area
To build the capacity of beneficiaries to
participate at all levels of the business
To create economic value on behalf of the
beneficiaries
26STAKEHOLDER FRAMEWORK
27DOCUMENT OVERVIEW
ORGANIZATION TYPES OWNERSHIP ORGANIZATIONAL
STRUCTURE HUMAN RESOURCES PERFORMANCE
MANAGEMENT GROUP ACTIVITY
28BREAKOUT GROUP ACTIVITY
- You will be given a case describing a new DORE in
Afghanistan, giving - Background conditions
- Business process
- You should recommend an organizational system for
this DORE including - - An ownership model
- - An organization chart (including composition
and role of each unit, e.g. saying if each unit
is a committee or an individual, and if
individual, whether they are a farmer or an
outsider) - - A performance management framework
- Make sure that the design is appropriate for the
ownership model- if it is a Cooperative there
should be a lot of committees and farmers in the
management, if it is outside-owned there will be
many professional managers - Use the worksheets, manual and content of this
presentation if it is helpful
29Thank You