Radish: Strategic Shift in a Co-Operative Model
Ian N, Leena Yahia, Anthony Piscitelli, Dionne Pohler, Marc-André Pigeon
Product #:W45816
Supplier:Ivey
Discipline:Organizational Behaviour/Leadership, Strategy
Setting:Canada, 2024
Subjects:
Geography:
Your Price:$9.71
Purchase this material with a free Educator Account and enjoy more benefits:
- Free Educator Copy
- Free Teaching Notes
- Build your coursepack
- Discounted academic price
Learning Objectives
The case focuses on the strategic decision-making process. It invites students to step into a context where financial urgency, values-based governance, and stakeholder complexity intersect. Students are asked to evaluate competing strategic options, consider how co-operative governance influences the decision-making process, and reflect on how co-operatives can adapt and pivot in a way that preserves their core purpose. After working through the case and assignment questions, students will be able to do the following:
- Assess the dynamics of strategic pivoting in mission-driven organizations, particularly co-operatives facing market contraction or disruption.
- Compare alternative business models and evaluate their operational, financial, and organizational implications through a multi-stakeholder lens.
- Examine the role of co-operative governance in shaping strategic decisions and how it differs from executive-led decision-making in conventional firms.
- Analyze the tensions between financial sustainability and co-operative values, such as fair labour, democratic control, and community impact.
- Apply conceptual frameworks such as adaptive strategy, emergent planning, and stakeholder engagement to a real-world scenario requiring complex trade-offs.