Building your skills for managing a value-added project or business is an important endeavor. Regardless of whether you are managing a small project or a large company, individuals with good management skills are always in short supply.
One of the first steps in improving your management skills is to assess your Managerial Attitude. This will help identify and assess how you respond to the changing nature and challenges associated with a dynamic business climate.
The role and structure of the farm business in modern agriculture is changing. If you are a value-added farmer, New Ways of Looking at Your Farm Business helps you move from the perceptions and paradigms associated with the management of the traditional farm business to those of the farm business of the future.
Also, sharpening your management skills can have a big payoff. Practice Good Management provides some tips on improving your management skills on the job.
More information on business management skills is available in the box at the right.