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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 research, industry, education, administration,
and extension services, the authors present real-world
circumstances ranging from natural disasters to major restructuring
that demanded problem solving, new initiatives, consensus, and
organizational commitment. Drawing on their own experiences and
covering topics as diverse as closing facilities, mounting a
national research initiative, reinventing a major corporation, and
dealing with invasive termites, the studies contain examples of
both good and bad outcomes and tie back to the stated leadership
principles and qualities.
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
Preface vii
Acknowledgments xiii
Leadership in the Agricultural Environment 1
Character: The Bedrock of Leaders and Leadership 13
Case Studies--How Leadership Can Make a Difference 37
1. Facing Down Nature: How a Regional Lab Survived Hurricane
Katrina (Addressing Physical Crises) 38
2. Exerting Ag Leadership in Distributed Geographic Locations
(Coordinating Dispersed Units within One Organization) 49
3. Closing and Relocating Facilities and Terminating Programs
(Leadership Challenges with Organizational Restructuring) 59
4. National Research Initiative: Creating a Shared Leadership
Vision (Bringing about a New Solution) 73
5. Battling Formosan Subterranean Termites (Forging a New
Approach) 81
6. Gathering of the Agricultural Clan (Bringing Leaders Together
without Central Authority) 90
7. Monsanto: How One Company Saw the Future and Transformed to
Seize It (Leadership's Role in a Significant Change) 96
8. Enhancing Leadership in the State Agricultural Experiment
Stations (Cultivating New Leadership) 123
9. Development of the Council for Agricultural Science and
Technology (CAST) (Enhancing a Better Understanding of Agricultural
Science and Technology) 133
Lessons Learned from Case Studies 145
Making Leadership Work for You 152
Appendixes: How Does the Scientific Agricultural System Work? 161
Appendix A. The Land-Grant System: A Key to America's Dream? How
Does It Function? 161
Appendix B. The USDA's Agricultural Research Service: Focus on
National and International Issues 165
Appendix C. The Industrial Approach to Research: Diverse Foci
Linked to Industrial Economic Effects 167
Notes 171
Bibliography 173
About the Authors 177
Index 179
For more information, please visit
www.leadershipinagriculture.com.
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