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Prepared by Bernie Erven, Department of Agricultural, Environmental
and Development Economics at The Ohio State University.
Lecture 1: How Do I Lead, Motivate and Evaluate Employees?
Preparation
Read “Leading,
Motivating and Evaluating Employees.”
Purpose of Lecture
This lecture is designed to provide participants an overview
of three important human resource activities: leading, motivating
and evaluating employees. The leading discussion emphasizes
situational leadership and the fact that managers can use
employee characteristics to guide their choices of leadership
styles. The motivating discussion emphasizes making motivation
an employer-employee partnership. The evaluating employees
discussion emphasizes the importance of providing feedback
to employees and the practicality of a simple process for
getting started that does not require complex forms and
procedures.
Structure of Presentation
The order of presentation closely follows the “Leading,
Motivating and Evaluating Employees” reference. The
speaker notes suggest several opportunities for participants
to provide feedback about their own situations and challenges
they are facing as managers.
Lecture 2: How Do I Build My Reputation as an Employer?
Preparation
Read “Building
Your Reputation as an Employer.”
Purpose of Lecture
This lecture is designed to help participants understand
the advantages that come from being viewed as a preferred
place of employment. The lecture incorporates three ways
of building a positive reputation: designing jobs that employees
like, emphasizing teamwork and using appropriate human resource
practices.
Structure of Presentation
The order of presentation closely follows the “Building
Your Reputation” reference. The speaker notes suggest
several opportunities for participants to provide feedback
about their own situations and challenges they are facing
as managers.
Lecture 3: How Do I Provide Feedback to Employees?
Preparation
Read “Providing
Feedback to Employees.”
Purpose of Lecture
This lecture is designed to introduce participants to a
set of questions that farm managers can use to get employee
reviews started in their businesses. The lecture emphasizes
the need to make employee reviews a practical management
tool in the farm business setting. Participants should understand
that starting and succeeding with a simple evaluation process
is preferable to trying and failing with a complex system.
Structure of Presentation
The order of presentation closely follows the “Providing
Feedback” reference. The speaker notes suggest several
opportunities for participants to provide feedback about
employee evaluations.
Lecture 4: How Do I Manage Conflict?
Preparation
Read “Managing Conflict.”
Purpose of Lecture
This lecture is designed to introduce participants to a
basic approach to managing conflict. Opportunities for making
conflict situations into win/win situations are emphasized
throughout the lecture. Participants should understand that
managing conflict is preferable to avoiding conflict or
insisting on win/lose outcomes.
Structure of Presentation
The order of presentation closely follows the “Managing
Conflict” reference. As explained in the speaker notes,
an actual conflict situation currently faced by one of the
participants is incorporated into the discussion.
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