Mel Braverman

Author's Articles
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 In the back of our minds we knew that [insert name of competitor here] was coming.  | 
                      184 May-June 2016 | June 2, 2016 | 
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 Almost every cooperative retail grocery is feeling increased competition in its community.  | 
                      177 March-April 2015 | May 27, 2015 | 
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 "Time management is the act or process of planning and exercising conscious control over the amount of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase efficiency or productivity.  | 
                      160 May - June - 2012 | June 4, 2012 | 
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 In my work with department managers,  | 
                      151 November - December 2010 | December 8, 2010 | 
| 142 May - June - 2009 | May 20, 2009 | |
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 A PDF of this article can be found below.  | 
                      137 July - August - 2008 | January 19, 2009 | 
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 Many cooperatives struggle to find appropriate operational benchmarks and to set challenging yet attainable goals.  | 
                      126 September - October - 2006 | November 29, 2006 | 
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 The small community of Barneveld, Wisconsin (population 1,100), opened its grocery cooperative, Harvest Market Cooperative, on July 10, 2004 and had its grand opening on July 24.  | 
                      114 September - October - 2004 | October 27, 2004 | 
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 The Common Cooperative Financial Statements (CoCoFiSt) data sharing program has evolved over several years into widely used, multi-functional benchmarking, budgeting, and operational improvement to  | 
                      112 May - June - 2004 | May 27, 2004 | 
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                      038 January - February - 1992 | January 9, 2004 | 
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 Who would choose to work for an organization that does not hold the general manager accountable?  | 
                      085 November - December - 1999 | January 8, 2004 | 
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 Editor's note: A new wave of acronyms has been spawned in the past three years by a data sharing program for co-op managers, CoCoFiSt: Common Cooperative Financial Statements, an innovative pro  | 
                      094 May - June - 2001 | January 7, 2004 | 
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                      104 January - February - 2003 | January 7, 2004 | 
