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Abstract
Achieving an appropriate resource allocation structure usually revolves around the farm manager. His or her ability is
crucial to success. Yet, most farmers learn by experience and/or through various courses that concentrate on technical,
production economic and related aspects. Putting more effort into understanding the components of managerial ability and
how a managers' ability to pe1form well in each component might be improved is well overdue. As psychology is the study
of people and their actions it is the obvious discipline to turn to for assistance. This paper contains a review of the psychology
of decision making from a farm management perspective, outlines what psychology offers for changing a person's attributes,
and considers the structure of a research programme aimed at developing methods for improving individual's managerial
ability.© 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.