A Study on the Transformation of Non-Profit Organization – An Example of Dou-Nan Farmers Association

• Main Authors: Shu-Te Huang, 黃書德
• Other Authors: Jyun-Ping Huang
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/ubppfx

碩士 === 國立虎尾科技大學 === 工業工程與管理研究所 === 97 === Taiwan’s agriculture has been operating on a small-scale basis with relatively narrow pieces of farmland. And with the growth of economy, the rise in wages and in the cost of production, agriculture has become hardly manageable. After our country’s incorporation in the WTO in early 2002, the opening of market to the whole world and the curtailment of governmental assistance are among the main obligations to fulfill. Those old protective measures, customs and non-customs, out of the WTO norms must be gradually decreased or totally cancelled. Therefore, without an efficient management, competition with countries of large-scale agriculture will become extremely thorny; an impact on our farming produces is unavoidable with challenges being insurmountable. On the other hand, this impact can be made a turning point. The answer lies in a thorough analysis of the situation we find ourselves in, a better understanding of managing strategies, and the application of modern technology. The service provided to farmers will be improved both in quality and in quantity through carefully studied production strategy and marketing strategy. Collaboration of the government and farmers will help to make the sustainable management of this “hundred-year-old shop” an attainable reality. Based on the study of relevant literature, this study draws a picture of how Farmers Association has gone through its initial difficult period, its profitable period, and its entrance into a period when it has to adjust itself to stay firm in the changeable economic environment. For sustainable management to become possible, exposure to latest information and adjustment of organization and management are indispensable. This study focuses on the implement of Virtually Identified Produce System(VIPS), the application of modern technology, and the effort of making its management an enterprise of Dou-Nan Farmers Association in the hope of blueprinting a mold through which Taiwan’s agriculture can become highly competitive by internationalizing itself and by attaining a production of stable timing, stable quantity and stable price thus promising farmers a bright future.