ABSTRACT

This sixth edition of Agribusiness Management provides students and managers with a fundamental understanding of the key concepts needed to successfully manage agribusinesses in a rapidly changing, high-tech, consumer-oriented, and uncertain world.

The text uses four specific approaches to help readers develop and enhance their capabilities as agribusiness managers. First, it offers a contemporary focus that reflects the issues that agribusiness managers face today and are likely to face tomorrow. Second, the book presents conceptual material in a pragmatic way with illustrations and examples that will help the reader understand how a specific concept works in practice. Third, the book has a decision-making emphasis, providing contemporary tools that readers will find useful when making decisions in the contemporary business environment. Finally, Agribusiness Management offers a pertinent set of discussion questions and case studies that will allow the reader to apply the material covered in real-world situations. This edition has been updated throughout with new examples and data, as well as additional material on succession planning and managing human resources.

This book is an ideal text for all courses on management in the agribusiness industry.

part 1|84 pages

Agribusiness management

chapter Chapter 1|38 pages

The business of agribusiness

chapter Chapter 2|25 pages

Managing the agribusiness

chapter Chapter 3|19 pages

Economics for agribusiness managers

part 2|56 pages

Agribusiness management

chapter Chapter 4|26 pages

The organization of an agribusiness

chapter Chapter 5|28 pages

International agribusiness

part 3|82 pages

Marketing management for agribusiness

chapter Chapter 6|23 pages

Strategic market planning

chapter Chapter 7|38 pages

The marketing mix

chapter Chapter 8|19 pages

Marketing decision tools for agribusiness

part 4|148 pages

Financial management for agribusiness

chapter Chapter 9|33 pages

Understanding financial statements

chapter Chapter 10|32 pages

Analyzing financial statements

chapter Chapter 11|29 pages

Financing the agribusiness

chapter Chapter 12|27 pages

Tools for evaluating operating decisions

chapter Chapter 13|25 pages

Tools for evaluating investment decisions

part 5|52 pages

Operations management for agribusiness

chapter Chapter 14|26 pages

Production planning and management

chapter Chapter 15|24 pages

Supply chain management for agribusiness

part 6|70 pages

Human resource management for agribusiness

chapter Chapter 16|33 pages

Managing organizational structure

chapter Chapter 17|35 pages

Managing human resources in agribusiness