Building Effective Farm Management Systems
A toolkit for commercial-size family farm businesses to implement proven strategies for managing people, promoting teamwork, and assuring successful transition of the farm.
This guidebook, developed in workbook format, leads you systematically through implementation of key management applications. The guidebook mirrors the process I’ve discussed over the last 30 years in my seminars on “Managing Business Relationships and Transitions on Family Farms.”
Each chapter contains:
- A conceptual discussion of key management concepts and how they apply to family farm management,
- Sample documents and case scenarios illustrating how these concepts have been implemented in a variety of farm environments, and
- Worksheets or templates designed to lead the user through an orderly process for implementing the concepts in day-to-day family farm management (including 23 template files and programs).
The application template files, included on a USB drive, will help you jump start implementation by providing foundation material that can be molded, edited, and supplanted to create your own management system documents. Template files include Mission, Vision and Core Value Statements; Job Descriptions; Company Policies; Standard Operating Procedures; Planning Systems; Compensation Summaries; Control and Performance Evaluation Systems, etc.