Indupalma was managed as a plantation in the first 30 years. Worker cooperatives emerged in response to the financial and crisis management, which led Indupalma into bankruptcy in the early 1990s. The workers and peasants formed associations to create a stand-alone business units (such as cooperatives, micro-enterprises and associations) who have sold their services Indupalma. The company has invested significant resources in the technical and administrative training and development of human resources for the others. Improved worker productivity, and financial viability of the company has been restored. Today, cooperatives face many social and economic problems.; Indupalma role in addressing these issues (intervention, paternalism, empowerment, or indifference) will be put to the test on the strength and the true impact of the development process "Hide
by Diana Fernandez, Diane M. Trujillo Roberto Gutierrez Source: Social Knowledge Network Enterprise 21 pages. Publication Date: September 16, 2003. Prod. #: SKE026-PDF-ENG