RISK IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EXTENSION PROGRAMMING - RESULTS OF FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS WITH DAIRY AND GREEN INDUSTRY MANAGERS

Bitsch, Vera; Harsh, Stephen B.; Mugera, Amin W.

doi:10.22004/ag.econ.22085

RISK IN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR EXTENSION PROGRAMMING - RESULTS OF FOCUS GROUP DISCUSSIONS WITH DAIRY AND GREEN INDUSTRY MANAGERS

Bitsch, Vera ; Harsh, Stephen B. ; Mugera, Amin W.

Employees are both a source of risk and means of addressing risk, and good employee management practices can increase risk resilience. Forty green industry managers and 22 dairy managers discussed personnel issues related to their industry. Influx of Hispanic labor has changed personnel management and the focus of risk management.

Subject(s):

Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession

Issue Date:

2003

Publication Type:

Conference Paper/ Presentation

DOI and Other Identifiers:

10.22004/ag.econ.22085

Record Identifier:

https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/22085

PURL Identifier:

http://purl.umn.edu/22085