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Autore: | Jordan John Patrick |
Titolo: | Leadership in agriculture : case studies for a new generation / / John Patrick Jordan ... [et al.] |
Pubblicazione: | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, 2013 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (260 p.) |
Disciplina: | 630.68 |
Soggetto topico: | Agricultural administration - United States |
Agriculture and state - European Union countries - Decision making | |
Leadership - United States | |
Altri autori: | JordanJohn Patrick |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Leadership in the agricultural environment -- Character: the bedrock of leaders and leadership -- Case studies: How leadership can make a difference -- Facing down nature: how a regional lab survived Hurricane Katrina (addressing physical crises) -- Exerting ag leadership in distributed geographic locations (coordinating dispersed units within one organization) -- Closing and relocating facilities and terminating programs (leadership challenges with organizational restructuring) -- National Research Initiative: creating a shared leadership vision (bringing about a new solution) -- Battling Formosan subterranean termites (forging a new approach) -- Gathering of the agricultural clan (bringing leaders together without central authority) -- Monsanto: how one company saw the future and transformed to seize it (leadership's role in a significant change) -- Enhancing leadership in the state agricultural experiment stations (cultivating new leadership) -- Development of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) (enhancing a better understanding of agricultural science and technology) -- Lessons learned from case studies -- Making leadership work for you -- Appendixes: How does the scientific agricultural system work? -- Appendix A. The land-grant system: a key to America's dream? how does it function? -- Appendix B. The USDA's Agricultural Research Service: focus on national and international issues -- Appendix C. The industrial approach to research: diverse foci linked to industrial economic effects -- Notes. |
Sommario/riassunto: | In a world facing chronic and increasing shortages in food crops and natural resources, visionary leadership in agriculture becomes more and more critical for building and maintaining a sustainable future. It is of paramount importance that the dynamic and challenging evolution in agriculture over the last century and a half be met today with imaginative leadership in virtually all aspects of activities and organizations involved. Leadership in Agriculture: Case Studies for a New Generation focuses on key characteristics and elements of leadership. Using case studies from |
Titolo autorizzato: | Leadership in agriculture |
ISBN: | 1-60344-961-2 |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910827945203321 |
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