Cooperative Service Research Articles

Bi-level planning method of urban electric vehicle charging station considering multiple demand scenarios and multi-type charging piles

The planning of electric vehicle (EV) charging stations with a comprehensive consideration of the multi-type charging demands and the acceptance capacities of the distribution network is of great significance to the development of EVs and the transformation of the distribution network. At present, most studies determine EV charging needs based on user travel paths, but they have not taken the behavior uncertainty of EV owners and the diversity of their demands into account. The probability statistics on the massive data of EV travels can help excavating the travel and charging rules of the EVs. Based on user travel data, the Markov chain and the roulette method are used to simulates EV charging requirements in three scenarios considering various uncertain factors, and then a K-means clustering algorithm is used to obtain charging requirements in three scenarios. On this basis, a bi-level planning model of charging station with maximum annual profit of construction and operation and minimum comprehensive charging cost of EVs as multi-objective function is proposed. This model also considers many constraints, such as cooperative service of multi-type charging piles, acceptance capacity of distribution network and so on. The upper model takes the location and capacity of charging station planning as control variables. The lower model was established to minimize the comprehensive charging cost of EVs. The upper and lower models interact and couple with each other. The solution process of bi-level planning model was designed through using firefly algorithm. Finally, taking the urban area of a city in China as the planning area, and the transportation network coupled with the IEEE 69 node distribution network as an example, the validity and correctness of the proposed model are verified.

Conservation of carbon resources and values on public lands: A case study from the National Wildlife Refuge System.

Public lands in the United States are those land areas managed by federal, state, and county governments for public purposes such as preservation and recreation. Protecting carbon resources and increasing carbon sequestration capacity are compatible with public land management objectives for healthy and resilient habitats, i.e., managing habitats for the benefit of wildlife and ecosystem services can simultaneously capture and store carbon. To evaluate the effect of public land management on carbon storage and review carbon management as part of the land management objectives, we used existing data of carbon stock and net ecosystem carbon balance in a study of the National Wildlife Refuge System (NWRS), a public land management program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service). Total carbon storage of the 364 refuges studied was 16.6 PgC, with a mean value 42,981 gCm-2. We used mixed modeling with Bonferroni adjustment techniques to analyze the effect of time since refuge designation on carbon storage. In general, older refuges store more carbon per unit area than younger refuges. In addition to the age factor, carbon resources are variable by regions and habitat types protected in the refuges. Mean carbon stock and the rate of sequestration are higher within refuges than outside refuges, but the statistical comparison of 364 refuges analyzed in this study was not significant. We also used the social cost of carbon to analyze the annual benefits of sequestrating carbon in these publicly managed lands in the United States, which is over $976 million per year in avoided CO2 emissions via specific conservation management actions. We examine case studies of management, particularly with respect to Service cooperation activities with The Conservation Fund (TCF) Go Zero® Program, Trust for Public Land (TPL) and individuals. Additional opportunities exist in improving techniques to maximize carbon resources in refuges, while continuing to meet the core purpose and need of the NWRS.

Measuring creativity: role of service quality management, knowledge sharing and social interaction

In contrast to the enormous literature on the relationships between creativity and personal values, relatively few studies have addressed the question of the creativity–service quality link. The purpose of this study is to examine the antecedent factors of the motivation and cooperation climate of service quality and to consider the consequences of service quality on banking service employees’ creativity. Data were collected from 502 bank employees in China. The results of structural equation modelling (SEM) found multiple mediation roles in a cooperative climate and service quality management that characterise the relationship between employees’ motivation and creativity. In addition, the moderate roles of social interaction and knowledge sharing are also discovered. Several alternative models of the first and second factors of motivation and service quality management were examined to determine the robustness of the original proposed models.

Small Business Empowerment Program Policy in Wajo Regency, South Sulawesi

The study used a quantitative approach involving 175 small business actors. Sampling was carried out by proportional random sampling based on the criteria, namely small entrepreneurs who have registered at the Cooperative Service, UMKM in Wajo Regency, have been in business for 3 years, have retrieved a business license, and have a minimum business capital of IDR 100,000,000. The modelling of the relationship between variables was carried out using a partial least square (PLS) model with Smart PLS software. Small business enablement program policies with business partnerships, strengthening business institutions in connection to the performance of small businesses in Wajo Regency can increase the performance of small businesses of small entrepreneurs. To improve the performance of small businesses, it is need to develop an Institutional Link Enablement of Small Business Model through the cooperation of small entrepreneurs, associations/NGOs, the community, the private sector, the government in this case the UMKM and Cooperatives Service, large entrepreneurs, financial institutions, both banks and non-banks to encourage small entrepreneurs to improve their business performance through business partnerships and strengthening business institutions.

Assessment of social and transport mobility for persons with severe impairments in urban environment

The article discusses the issues of transport accessibility of the urban environment, the effectiveness of measures taken to ensure conditions and opportunities for transport services for low-mobility groups of the population. Urban residents with the 1-st and the 2-nd groups of visual and musculoskeletal disabilities participated in the social research carried out in 2016 and 2020. The obtained results indicate that in spite of the existing positive changes in the urban environment, including the availability of public transport, nevertheless, the issues of barrier-free environment remain unresolved: the availability of bus stops, the lack of acoustic media, tactile safety, sufficiency of the public low-floor transport. It is necessary to pay attention to the improvement of accessible transport on the outskirts of the regional center, where people with reduced mobility live. Only competent work of administrative city services in cooperation with public organizations of people with disabilities in the implementation of the State Program “Accessible Environment” will help improve the quality of life and contribute to the integration of persons with disabilities into society.

СПЕЦСЛУЖБИ УКРАЇНИ ПЕРЕД СУЧАСНИМИ І МАЙБУТНІМИ ВИКЛИКАМИ

The article analyzes the optimal directions and ways of development of international cooperation, capacity building and reform of Ukrainian special services in the view of the current geopolitical situation, as well as current and future challenges to Ukrainian and European security.

The Effect of Collaborative Handling on Community Mental Health Nursing Services

Service collaboration in the community occurs in the working relationship between health workers/sources/community leaders in providing services to patients/clients/individuals in conducting discussions about diagnoses, cooperation in health services, mutual consultation or communication and each is responsible for the scope of work in the job. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effectiveness of collaborative handling in community mental health nursing services (CMHN). This study found an important role in the practice of providing services for people with mental disorders (ODGJ), describing an increase in the independent ability of ODGJ (rang dengan Gangguan Jiwa (People with Mental Disorders), and the effectiveness of handling collaboration in the implementation of Interprofessional Collaboration (IPC). The practice of collaboration between Health Officers and Community Leaders or officers at NISWA is a process of intervening in more than one profession, completing one task to achieve goals, and optimizing services to ODGJ. This condition is evidenced by collaboration services having a positive and significant effect on CMHN. A synergy of collaboration was found between Health workers/sources/community leaders as Reform Agents on the role of Health Workers by jointly providing Interprofessional Collaboration (IPC) in the implementation of CMHN at NISWA

The Federated Press and Labor Feminism on the US Home Front during World War II

Abstract: This article analyzes the wartime journalism of three female reporters for the Federated Press, a cooperative news service that provided copy to more than two hundred labor newspapers from 1919 to 1956. The essay demonstrates how WWII labor journalism fostered union women's increased visibility, promoted labor feminism, and groomed leadership for postwar social justice movements. I argue that by acknowledging the importance of working women in the labor movement and insisting on their rightful place in it, these journalists advanced the goals of working-class feminism, seeding a groundswell of middle-class feminism in the 1960s and 1970s.

Empowering of Small Businesses in Community Development in Merauke, South Papua Crocodile’s Leather Craftsman

This study discusses the empowerment of crocodile skin handicrafts by the Department of Cooperatives, Industry and Trade of Merauke Regency. This study aims to determine the efforts to empower the Merauke Regency Industry and Trade Cooperatives Service towards crocodile skin craft business in Merauke Regency. This study uses a descriptive method with a qualitative approach. Determination of informants using purposive sampling technique. Data was collected through observation, direct interviews and documentation. The results showed that the efforts to empower the crocodile skin craft business by the Department of Cooperatives, Industry and Trade of Merauke Regency were not optimal. This refers to the empowerment that has been carried out by the Department of Cooperatives, Industry and Trade of Merauke Regency which is generally still oriented to the routine work of the government. Such conditions ultimately hampered the process of empowering crocodile skin crafts on Bumi animha Merauke. The researcher recommends the Department of Cooperatives, Industry and Trade of Merauke Regency to carry out intensive socialization of the use of galze and coloring techniques as well as the use of information, communication and technology to distribute crocodile skins, synergize with craftsmen to strengthen business independence and for crocodile skin crafts it is better to start actualizing themselves in improve the ability to find and take advantage of opportunities so that the sale of crocodile skin products is more easily accessible to the market.

Agricultural Service Cooperatives in Ukraine: Institutional Development Drivers

The development of agricultural cooperation in Ukraine is one of the main vectors for rapid recovery of agricultural production after the Russian-Ukrainian war, increasing its competitiveness, ensuring sustainable development of rural areas, increasing employment and welfare of rural population. However, agricultural service cooperatives are not developed in Ukraine. The purpose of this study was to find the main drivers of agricultural service cooperatives’ development in Ukraine, to outline on this basis promising directions for development of agricultural policy in terms of stimulating their development as a counterweight to the dominance of agricultural holdings. It is proven that the main restraining factor in the development of agricultural service cooperatives in Ukraine is institutional memory of a peasant, which was formed during collectivization in Soviet times and which in modern conditions is associated with the concept of “cooperative”. This creates opposition from agricultural producers towards the national policy on the development of agricultural cooperatives, which meet international cooperative principles, and which have proven their advantages in increasing competitiveness of farmers on the example of developed countries of the world. It is emphasized that before changing formal institutions through legislation, it is necessary to form proper informal institutions that will strengthen, and not oppose, the introduction of formal ones. This paper is of practical importance for scientists and representatives of public administration in the field of forming strategic state and regional programs for agricultural development. Compliance of national policy measures according to the identified drivers of agricultural service cooperation’ development, requires further research.

SECTORAL DIRECTION OF THE CONCEPT «PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION»

Public administration is an integral part for the functioning of any society sphere. A significant feature of the public administration application is that it provides a considerable increase of the governance activities efficiency due to the high level of public support and consolidation of society around common goals. Public administration is a comprehensive notion that includes elements of many exact and natural sciences. Effective public administration contributes to the competitiveness of the state increase and is a fundamental basis for the achievement of economic, social and political goals at the local, regional and global levels. Effective public administration is impossible without the application of the scientific investigations results achieved by the domestic and foreign researchers, first of all, in the spheres of state-building, management, law-making, economy, finance, etc. The application of public administration in each separate sphere has its own specifics and features. In the presented research, an attempt was made to reflect the specifics and significant features of public administration application in various spheres of society's functioning by analysing the scientific investigations of domestic researchers. The scientific research of domestic researchers regarding the public administration of inclusive development of the country, inclusive local development, regional development, regional policy of sustainable development, at the level of territorial communities, innovative development, social risks, development of rural areas, development of service cooperation, in the field of water management, by the sphere of ecology, in the field of environmental safety, regional education system, legal education, in the field of physical culture and sports, etc. reveals an extraordinary variety of specific features of the public administration application in various spheres of society's functioning.

Legal and practical dimensions of the protection of areas, facilities and devices important for state security

The article discusses the legal obligations of heads of units included in the register of areas, facilities and devices subject to mandatory protection in the voivodeship. The obligation of the head of the unit to provide physical or technical protection of an object. Significant items for state security with the use of internal security services or personal and property protection agencies – that is often criticized. However, it should be remembered that the cooperation of services, guards and inspections with the private sector is necessary to obtain an appropriate level of security. In addition, practical ways to ensure the safety of areas, facilities and devices subject to mandatory protection are also presented. The current technological development does not reduce the protection of the facility only to physical protection, allowing the use of modern technical security systems in order to support the activities of specialized employees of armed security formations. Due to the above, the authors described the operation of selected technical security systems in protected facilities.

Transformasi Komunikasi Digital : Upaya Untuk Meningkatkan Kinerja Koperasi

Koperasi Ghani Mandiri Indonesia is one of the service cooperatives based on sharia, which is engaged in aqiqah, qurban and umrah savings services. The Ghani Mandiri Indonesia Cooperative itself is a relatively new cooperative and is looking to develop, but on the other hand, this cooperative is preparing digital services in the form of applications that will be presented to Android and iOS users for service to members. The purpose of this research is to find out the transformation of digital communication that will be implemented by the cooperative, to know the digital implementation Cooperative service and to know the service model using the application that will be implemented. The method used is a case study method, with descriptive qualitative data analysis. The results of this study are a transformation of digital communication that will be applied in the form of a service using an application in an effort to improve cooperative performance, the strategy carried out is not good enough because it has several technical obstacles, then regarding the factors that can improve performance in cooperative services it can be said to get full support from members regarding the plan to implement digital services for members, namely in the form of applications that have passed the trial stage although there are still many improvements notes. From all results researched, the digital communication strategy that will be applied is not good because there are still many obstacles in its development.

Community Service Information System in Capital Lending at the Aceh Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises Service

The aim of this research is; 1) To find out the public service information system in lending capital at the Aceh Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises Service, and 2) To design a public service information system in lending capital at the Aceh Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises Service. The design of public service information system software in web-based capital lending at the Aceh Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises Service which the author designed consists of several stages, namely input design, output design, process design, control design, labor design, and cost design. This design later the author hopes to make it easier for every user, especially the capital loan section of the Aceh Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises Office for more detailed design stages. At the application development stage using the agile development method. Based on the results of observations and the author can draw a conclusion which include the following; 1) The use of the Community Service Information System in Lending Capital at the Aceh Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises Service is expected to help create accurate and effective loan information data, 2) The existence of an information system provides convenience for the Aceh Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises Office because it speeds up general information and reduce errors, and 3) Sales Information System at the Aceh Cooperatives, Small and Medium Enterprises Service which the author designed using various web-based programming languages ​​consisting of; HTML, CSS, Jquery, Java Script, JSON PHP, and for database processing the Structure Query Language (SQLL) is used. The supporting software used is XAMPP version 5.6 (Support MySQLi), NotePad ++, and Google Chrome Browser.

Bauran Eceran Dalam Meningkatkan Partisipasi Anggota

The object of this research is the "Kopti" Soybean Trade. Soybean Trading Unit's income fluctuated, indicating the low participation of members in the "Kopti" Soybean Trading Unit. The retail mix is ​​one of the advantages that can be created by cooperatives, namely focusing its business on customer satisfaction where customers will be loyal to consume or use cooperative services continuously. This study uses descriptive methods and scoring techniques with a Likert scale. The results showed that members' responses regarding the implementation of the retail mix at the Soybean Trading Unit "Kopti" were quite good, but there were some indicators that were still not good, such as selling prices compared to competitors, sales promotions, product availability, product variants, interiors and lighting. For this reason, the Soybean Trading Unit "Kopti" must pay attention to the retail mix expected by members, so that the participation of members as buyers can increase. Suggestions from this study are to evaluate and improve the retail mix that has been implemented but is still not optimal or running well, such as advertising, sales promotions, price comparisons with competitors, lighting or outside appearance of the store so that members are more interested in transacting at the Soybean Trading Unit. “Kopti” and provide direct economic benefits to members.

Peran Religiusitas Sebagai Moderasi Determinan Tindakan Penggelapan Pajak

The purpose of this research is to show the effect of fairness of tax collection, subjective norms, taxation system, and tax sanctions on tax evasion, which is moderated by religiosity. This study uses a quantitative approach. The data used are primary data derived from questionnaires. The population used are entrepreneurs registered with the cooperative service, small and medium enterprises in the city of Salatiga. The sampling technique used purposive sampling to obtain as many as 33 samples. Data analysis using multiple linear regression and moderated regression analysis (MRA). The results showed that the fairness of tax collection, taxation system, and tax sanctions could not affect the act of tax evasion. Then religiosity cannot be a moderator in the act of tax evasion. However, subjective norms have been shown to influence tax evasion. Subjective norms are suggestions or invitations to those closest to them to comply with tax regulations not to commit tax evasion. Religiosity cannot reduce tax evasion because it is influenced by external factors so that religiosity as an individual value embedded in the person cannot be a component that reduces tax evasion.

Implementation of the Simple Multi Attribute Rating Technique (SMART) Method on the Decision Support System for Determining Revolving Fund Capital Loan Receipt at the Cooperative Service

The purpose of writing this final project is to find or recommend recipients of revolving fund borrowings at the cooperative office, therefore a Decision Support System is needed for the recommendation for acceptance of revolving capital loans at the cooperative office using the smart method. The research method applied in this research is the development of the waterfall method. The waterfall method is a systematic and sequential information system development model Implementation of the Smar Method in a Decision Support System for determining the acceptance of a revolving fund capital loan at the cooperative service is an algorithm for processing data based on the weight of the criteria. The Samrt method is a method used to determine the acceptance of a revolving fund capital loan based on the weight of the criteria, at the Cooperative Service there are six criteria, namely, capital range, rate, number of members, cooperative status, legal entity, length of establishment, each decision is calculated based on the six criteria above. Decision Support System Recommendation Revolving fund loan acceptance is built using Visual Basic programming language and Microsoft Access database. The Decision Support System produced in this study can display cooperative data and the ranking of the results of receiving revolving fund loans based on existing data so that it can be used as a solution or consideration in the process of receiving revolving fund loans.

Analysis of Public Services to Bureaucracy Changes in the Covid-19 Pandemic Era

<p>The purpose of study is to analyze public services for employees in Covid-19 Pandemic Era. The research method used is descriptive research with a qualitative approach. This research was conducted at the Directorate of Cooperation, Development, and Internationalization at a University in Solo. Data collection was carried out by observation and documentation. The results shows public services in 2020 with 81 MoUs and 226 MoAs, increasing significantly compared with those 2019 with 79 MoUs, 208 MoAs, and those up to May 2021 with 30 MoUs and 106 MoAs. The number of recommendation/approval processes for the foreign official travel documents for Lecturers & Educators and Students decreases significantly for three consecutive years from 2019 to 2020. The changes in the Covid-19 Pandemic Era are aspects affecting the changes in institutions and work systems. Optimizing the cooperation service system, the Directorate of Cooperation, Development, and Internationalization has created an integrated cooperation information system. The work system in cooperation services changes from the manual or conventional face-to-face one before covid-19 pandemic into an electronic system based on online zoom, google meetings and so on with optimal use of communication technology so ideas are needed new quality and innovative ASN human resources in the pandemic era.</p>

The effect of product innovation and production efficiency on the competitiveness of MSMEs with E-marketing as a moderating variable

Currently, the number of MSMEs in North Aceh is 3,660 consisting of various production sectors, culinary, craft and other sectors under the guidance of the North Aceh Cooperatives and SMEs Service. The condition of MSMEs has decreased due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This happened because with the pandemic there was a change in marketing strategy from what was previously face-to-face marketing to digital marketing. In addition, based on the results of the available respondents, very tight business competition requires business people to innovate products with complexity as the highest value indicator and perform production efficiency with product efficiency indicators as the factor with the highest value so that later products that have competitiveness can be produced. . Respondents' results show that the purchase transaction indicator is the factor with the highest score where the easier access to transactions provided will increase the competitiveness of MSMEs buying and selling. The results of the study using Smart PLS 3 to show the effect of the independent variable on the dependent indicate that product innovation and product efficiency have a significant positive effect on the competitiveness of MSMEs in North Aceh. Meanwhile, E-marketing cannot moderate the effect of product innovation and product efficiency on the competitiveness of MSMEs. Directly, product innovation is found to have a significant positive effect on the competitiveness of SMEs.

PENGARUH STRATEGI PEMBERDAYAAN DINAS PERINDUSTRAN, PERDAGANGAN KOPERASI TERHADAP PENINGKATAN PENDAPATAN UMKM KOPERASI DI KOTA JAYAPURA

This study aimed to determine the measured effect of strategy and empowerment on increasing income. The population in this study were all cooperatives registered with the Jayapura City Industry, Trade, and Cooperatives Service. Sampling using the purposive sampling method based on recommendations from the relevant agencies to obtain a total sample of 4 cooperatives—data collection techniques using a questionnaire. The analytical method used in this study is instrument analysis, classical assumption analysis, and hypothesis analysis using the SPSS 26 program. The results of this study state that strategy and empowerment partially do not affect increasing income and that simultaneous research on process and empowerment research does not affect increasing income.