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They also wanted to pin down other necessary pieces of information for the book in a visit that they expected would be their fmal one. During their stay, William Foote Whyte offered to give a seminar for his hosts in Ulgor and Fagor (then Ularco) to express his views on their current situation. One of his observations was that their capacity for internal social research in service of cooperative goals did not match their sophistication and success in technical and economic research and development.

But the roundtables also demonstrated that for every criticism offered, most members believed that the cooperatives had a strong point and were anxious to work to improve the situation. What emerged was a view of the membership of Fagor as a reservoir of critical spirit and willingness to work to improve the performance of the Group on all levels. Thus we illustrated the heterogeneous and adaptable character of the cooperatives, rounding out the research dimension of thi~; project. The high degree of responsiveness to cooperative ideals heard at the roundtables caused useful reformulations of some of the Personnel Department's own intervention strategies.

Secondary school only ....................................................................................... 8% 13% 22% 57% 100% The median age of the work force is 38 years, 40 for males and 33 for females. Women form 25% of the total work force, a percentage equal to that found in industry throughout the Basque Country. Half of the members were born in the Mondragon area; 25% come from the surrounding provinces, and another 25% come from elsewhere in Spain, although most have lived in the region for many years.