000			02875nam a22003497a 4500
001			sulb-eb0011662
003			BD-SySUS
005			20160404144653.0
008			120720s2013 txu o 00 0 eng d
020			_a9781603449618
020			_a1603449612
020			_z9781603449410 (cloth : alk. paper)
020			_z1603449418 (cloth : alk. paper)
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050	0	0	_aS441 _b.L33 2013
082	0	0	_a630.68 _223
245	0	0	_aLeadership in agriculture _h[electronic resource] : _bcase studies for a new generation / _cJohn Patrick Jordan ... [et al.].
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aCollege Station : _bTexas A&M University Press, _c2013. _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (208 p.)
490	1		_aAgriLife Research and Extension Service series
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aLeadership in the agricultural environment -- Character: the bedrock of leaders and leadership -- Case studies: How leadership can make a difference -- Facing down nature: how a regional lab survived Hurricane Katrina (addressing physical crises) -- Exerting ag leadership in distributed geographic locations (coordinating dispersed units within one organization) -- Closing and relocating facilities and terminating programs (leadership challenges with organizational restructuring) -- National Research Initiative: creating a shared leadership vision (bringing about a new solution) -- Battling Formosan subterranean termites (forging a new approach) -- Gathering of the agricultural clan (bringing leaders together without central authority) -- Monsanto: how one company saw the future and transformed to seize it (leadership's role in a significant change) -- Enhancing leadership in the state agricultural experiment stations (cultivating new leadership) -- Development of the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology (CAST) (enhancing a better understanding of agricultural science and technology) -- Lessons learned from case studies -- Making leadership work for you -- Appendixes: How does the scientific agricultural system work? -- Appendix A. The land-grant system: a key to America's dream? how does it function? -- Appendix B. The USDA's Agricultural Research Service: focus on national and international issues -- Appendix C. The industrial approach to research: diverse foci linked to industrial economic effects -- Notes.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		0	_aLeadership _zUnited States _vCase studies.
650		0	_aAgricultural administration _zUnited States _vCase studies.
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
700	1		_aJordan, John Patrick.
710	2		_aProject Muse.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/books/9781603449618/
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c32953 _d32953