Professionalizing Human Resources Management on the Farm

Lorne Owen and Wayne Howard

No 346448, 11th Congress, University of Calgary, Canada, July 14-19, 1997 from International Farm Management Association

Abstract: Professionalization refers to establishing systematic practices and procedures for managing a farm business. As farms have grown in size, so has the number of fulltime, permanent employees, which has led to professionalizing human resource management (HRM). Projects funded by the Canadian Farm Business Management Council and others have identified the current HRM practices on Canadian farms in order to develop extension and training materials to improve those practices. These extension and training materials include handbooks and materials that show how to establish HRM practices on farms to increase employee sat isfaction and productivity, and hence, the competitiveness of the Canadian agri-food sector. These HRM practices include job analysis, interviewing and selection systems, internal compensation systems, planning and review systems and how to determine and establish HRM policies consistent with the business mission and vision.

Keywords: Farm; Management (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 6
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.346448

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