Evaluating the Performance of the Basirat Development Co-operative Company of Maraveh Tappeh County, Golestan Province, Using Stakeholder Analysis Model

This study aimed to assess performance of the Basirat Development Cooperative Company (BDCC) in Maraveh Tappeh County in Golestan Province.The descriptive-survey research was used. The target populations of the study consisted of 1100 members of BDCC. Using random sampling, 285 of them were selected as research samples. Data gathered through a questionnaire and its face validity was confirmed by experts of extension and cooperation. The reliability analysis was conducted with Cronbach’s alpha method and coefficient was 0.91. Data were analyzed using SPSSwin19 software. The results showed in the social field, Cooperative Company has had a more successful performance in better and stronger relationship between people and the government. In the economics fild, it has had a more successful performance in improving the quality of products in the region (agriculture, horticulture, livestock, etc.) and in the environmental fild; it has had a more successful performance in reducing the untapped use of resources (water, fuel, etc.). The results of the mean comparison showed that older members, who had more income and more agricultural experience and more livestock, assessed the overall performance of the cooperative more successfully. There was also a significant difference between the assessment of cooperative members about the extent to which social, economic and environmental objectives were achieved by the cooperative and they consider the most successful co-operative in the field of social goals and its least success in terms of environmental objectives.