Leadership in Agriculture : Case Studies for a New Generation /

Gatheringof the Agricultural Clan (Bringing Leaders Together without Central Authority) 907. Monsanto: How One Company Saw the Future and Transformed to Seize It (Leadership's Role in a Significant Change) 968. Enhancing Leadership in the State Agricultural Experiment Stations (Cultivating New...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Jordan, John Patrick
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, 2013.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Leadership.
Agricultural administration.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > General.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > Agronomy > Crop Science.
Leadership > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Agriculture > Administration > États-Unis > Études de cas.
Leadership > United States > Case studies.
Agricultural administration > United States > Case studies.
United States.
Case studies.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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