The Impact of Coronavirus on Cooperatives Performance in Bushehr Province

Abstract

The present era is full of crises and unforeseen events; One of these crises is the outbreak and ‎pandemic of the Corona Virus, which has affected the performance of all organizations and in many ‎cases has led to the destruction of organization’s existence. Therefore, the ‎purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of Corona Virus pandemic on cooperative ‎businesses in Bushehr province. The statistical population of the present study consists of the ‎experts from the General Department of Cooperatives, Labor and Welfare of Bushehr Province. The ‎present research is applied in terms of purpose and descriptive-survey type. The research was ‎conducted in two stages; Thus, in the first stage, using scientific sources and reviewing the relevant ‎theoretical foundations, indicators affecting the performance of cooperatives were extracted, and ‎then by forming a focus group and consulting experts, the final indicators were selected by fuzzy ‎method. In the second stage, using the AHP technique, the dimensions and indicators affecting the ‎performance of cooperatives in Bushehr province were weighted and ranked. Findings of the ‎research in the first stage indicated that from the identified indicators of the review of theoretical ‎foundations, ‎‏26‏‎ indices have higher weight and importance for entering the second stage of ‎research. The research results revealed that from four perspectives of organizational performance; ‎The customer perspective ranks first with a weight score of ‎‏0.336‏‎ in the context of the Corona Virus ‎outbreak, followed by financial perspectives, internal processes, and growth and learning.‎

Keywords

• crisis
• corona virus
• organizational performance
• cooperatives
• bushehr province.‎