Add to ORKGThe key resource in efficient production is the management input used to coordinate the land, labour and capital. Yet, our understanding of this resource is still somewhat limited, especially the factors involved in improving the managerial ability of farmers. This paper summarises three tests developed to help assess managers, and uses the data collected through random surveys of all types of farmers to explain the origins of managerial ability. Survey data on the competencies farmers believe are important in successful management is reviewed, and finally a computer based teaching package to develop the important competencies is outlined. The tests developed cover managerial style, the locus of control, and aptitude
Achieving an appropriate resource allocation structure usually revolves around the farm manager. His...
The constituent elements of effective management in coping with the variability of the climatic and ...
Farms operating under more or less similar environmental and socio-economic conditions often reflect...
The key resource in efficient production is the management input used to coordinate the land, labour...
The key resource in efficient production is the management input used to coordinate the land, labour...
Production depends on the successful co-ordination and management of the physical resources and capi...
Survey information in most countries shows very clearly that farmers achieve a wide range of profita...
The efficiency of production from a farm’s land, labour and capital is critically dependent on the a...
Managerial ability has always been regarded as an important parameter in agricultural production. H...
The efficiency of production from a farm’s land, labour and capital is critically dependent on the a...
A mail survey designed to obtain the views of New Zealand primary producers on the important managem...
This report presents the data collected from a postal survey of a wide ranging sample of all types o...
Modelling farmers’ managerial ability shows that farmers’ lessons from various forms of experience a...
Most conventional analyses of farmers' managerial ability follow the work of Burger (1971). This res...
Primary production is based on the use of three major resources, land, labour and capital. But the e...
Achieving an appropriate resource allocation structure usually revolves around the farm manager. His...
The constituent elements of effective management in coping with the variability of the climatic and ...
Farms operating under more or less similar environmental and socio-economic conditions often reflect...
The key resource in efficient production is the management input used to coordinate the land, labour...
The key resource in efficient production is the management input used to coordinate the land, labour...
Production depends on the successful co-ordination and management of the physical resources and capi...
Survey information in most countries shows very clearly that farmers achieve a wide range of profita...
The efficiency of production from a farm’s land, labour and capital is critically dependent on the a...
Managerial ability has always been regarded as an important parameter in agricultural production. H...
The efficiency of production from a farm’s land, labour and capital is critically dependent on the a...
A mail survey designed to obtain the views of New Zealand primary producers on the important managem...
This report presents the data collected from a postal survey of a wide ranging sample of all types o...
Modelling farmers’ managerial ability shows that farmers’ lessons from various forms of experience a...
Most conventional analyses of farmers' managerial ability follow the work of Burger (1971). This res...
Primary production is based on the use of three major resources, land, labour and capital. But the e...
Achieving an appropriate resource allocation structure usually revolves around the farm manager. His...
The constituent elements of effective management in coping with the variability of the climatic and ...
Farms operating under more or less similar environmental and socio-economic conditions often reflect...