Cooperative foundations and growth

Cooperative foundations and growth

Bachelor of Business Studies (BBS) — Fourth Year

Subject: Management of Financial Institutions (FIN 255)

Unit 6: Saving and Credit Cooperatives

Academic Year: 2083/84

Topic Objectives

After studying this topic, students should be able to:

• Explain the scope and key elements of cooperative foundations and growth.
• Apply the relevant financial concepts or calculations and explain their assumptions, risks and analytical limits.

Curriculum Scope

• Meaning, types and structure of cooperatives
• Rationale of growing cooperatives, Key principles of cooperatives, Saving and credit cooperatives: Rationale, growth and structure

Detailed Microsyllabus

1. Cooperative foundations

   1. Meaning, types and structure.
   2. Member-based principles and rationale.
   3. Difference from investor-owned institutions.

2. Savings and credit

   1. Purpose, growth and organizational arrangements.
   2. Use dated Nepalese evidence.
   3. Assess membership and governance context.

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Curriculum reference: Tribhuvan University, Faculty of Management, revised four-year BBS curriculum, PDF pages 86–88.

Source note: The curriculum scope above is retained from the existing TU syllabus breakdown. The numbered study subtopics are editorial elaborations for teaching and study, rather than a separately issued TU syllabus. Unit or component allocations apply at their stated level; no separate topic hours or marks are assigned here. Examples involving current laws, rates, institutional products or Nepalese status must identify the relevant period and official materials; no changing numerical or legal requirements are invented here.