After a quarter century of serving in the credit union movement-industry by this author, this book is more comprehensive than his first book on credit unions in 1994-THE CREDIT UNION DIRECTOR: Roles, Duties, and Responsibilities. This work examines the milieu of the credit union world as related to current theory, process, and practice. In addition, fictional, composite cases provide the reader with the opportunity, through the application process, to analyze the performance and behavior of fictional credit unions and that of the reader's credit union by using the case analysis approach.
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Since 1984 Dr. Wendell V. Fountain has been President & Principal Consultant of Fountain Associates, Inc (a business & management firm). He is an educator, graduate school professor, speaker, corporate trainer & business/credit union strategist. He is the author of numerous credit union articles for the Credit Union Executives Society, Credit Union magazine, among others, and has conducted many credit union training sessions and spoken at a significant number of credit union conferences. He has authored both nonfiction and fiction books. His first credit union book THE CREDIT UNION DIRECTOR: Roles, Duties, & Responsibilities (1994) was well received by the credit union movement-industry. Since then, he has authored two novels, Love-40 and Grace, respectively, and a nonfiction book on higher education titled ACADEMINC SHARECOPPERS: Exploitation of Adjunct Faculty and the Higher Education System (2005). From 1982-2007 he served on the Board of Directors of VyStar Credit union, holding various offices. Since 1996 he has pursued post-doctoral studies at Harvard Business School, University of Chicago Graduate School of Business, and Wharton. He holds a bachelor?s degree in psychology, a master?s in human resources management and an earned doctorate in business administration (D.B.A.).
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I was excited when I first encountered this book; "Finally," I thought to myself, "a good modern credit unionist primer." Unfortunately, I found that it was lacking in both complexity and depth, and presented modern credit unions as entities to be managed in the same manner as any business. I would have appreciated an in-depth analysis of the fundamental organizational differences created by a co-op structure, and a look at the ways in which it can be leveraged for decisive advantage over for-profit institutions (network marketing, human capital leverage, etc.). If you're into credit unions, I'd still recommend reading this, if only to understand the mindset of the conservative wing of the contemporary "movement" (as well as due to the fact that it is a stop-gap in the unfortunate dearth of modern Credit Union literature). For a real in-depth look that gives a far better feel for the development, structural intricacies, and problems facing credit unionism, I'd supplement this with a gander at The Strategic Development of Credit Unions by Ferguson and McKillop...
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A good book on credit unions. Book includes sections on credit union financial management, CUSO's, HRM, ALM, financial rating and analyses, credit union training and development, management practices, the credit union movement, products and services of credit unions, and overall financial structure, with credit union historical perspective. Good book since limited literature on this subject.
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