Leadership in agriculture
Subtitle: case studies for a new generation
By: John Patrick Jordan ... [et al.].
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: AgriLife Research and Extension Service series; AgriLife Research and Extension Service series
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: College Station
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9781603449410; 9781603449618
Subjects: Leadership; Agricultural administration; Case studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Leadership in the agricultural environment; title: Character: the bedrock of leaders and leadership; title: Case studies: How leadership can make a difference; title: Facing down nature: how a regional lab survived Hurricane Katrina (addressing physical crises); title: Exerting ag leadership in distributed geographic locations (coordinating dispersed units within one organization); title: Closing and relocating facilities and terminating programs (leadership challenges with organizational restructuring); title: National Research Initiative: creating a shared leadership vision (bringing about a new solution); title: Battling Formosan subterranean termites (forging a new approach); title: Gathering of the agricultural clan (bringing leaders together without central authority); title: Monsanto: how one company saw the future and transformed to seize it (leadership's role in a significant change); title: Enhancing leadership in the state agricultural experiment stations (cultivating new leadership); title: Development of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) (enhancing a better understanding of agricultural science and technology); title: Lessons learned from case studies; title: Making leadership work for you; title: Appendixes: How does the scientific agricultural system work?; title: Appendix A. The land-grant system: a key to America's dream? how does it function?; title: Appendix B. The USDA's Agricultural Research Service: focus on national and international issues; title: Appendix C. The industrial approach to research: diverse foci linked to industrial economic effects; title: Notes.