Advanced Farm Business Management CurriculumAWARD: Diploma

LENGTH: 30 Credits

Program Description:

Advanced Management Certificate

The Advance Management Certificate is designed to provide education in the areas of: Risk Management, Strategic Planning, and Business Plan Development. The program will primarily be for students who have completed the Farm Business Management program, but are currently involved in expanding, reorganizing, diversifying, and/or specializing their business. A sound record base is necessary for success in this program.

PREREQUISITES: To be eligible for enrollment in Advanced Farm Business Management courses a student must be a farm business operator or manager or must secure the consent of the instructor.

ADVANCED FARM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

FBMT 3100

Fundamentals: Risk Management 3 Credits

This course is intended to have the student enhance their decision-making skills relating to business risk management. This course will have the student further investigate tools available to their business that would be effective in reducing potential risk for their operation. Emphasis will be placed on having the student research risk management options that will meet their business, family, and personal needs.

FBMT 3101

Applications in Risk Management 3 Credits

This course is intended to have the student apply concepts in financial management that can be used in the development of a business risk management program. The student is to implement risk management tools that will assist in meeting their business, family and personal needs.

FBMT 3110
Fundamentals: Strategic Planning 3 Credits

This course will enable students to identify the elements necessary to evaluate and create a strategic plan for the business. Determining uses for the plan today and tomorrow and developing a plan to locate those team members necessary for strategic plan creation.

FBMT 3111

Applications in Strategic Planning 3 Credits

This course will provide practical application of strategic planning skills. Application skills will be practiced upon and applied to the student’s business and business plan.

FBMT 3120

Fundamentals: Business Plans 3 Credits

This course will provide practical application of the business plan. Application skills will be practiced and applied as the student’s business plan is prepared and implemented.

FBMT 3121

Applications in Business Plans 3 Credits

This course will provide the necessary instruction to put together and implement a business plan for the farm business.

FBMT 3130

Directed Study: Decision Making 2 Credits

This course will examine the individual, family and farm business decision-making process with emphasis on upgrading and improving decision making resources, tools and skills. Particularly, this course will lead the student to critically analyze information, applications and implications of decision-making as it relates to their own situation. Students will evaluate their own decision making process.

FBMT 3131

Directed Study: Advanced Communications 2 Credits

This course will assist the student in further acquiring and developing a higher level of communication skills. Students will review and evaluate various communication methods and techniques in dealing with and relating to individuals in both the public and private sector. Students will use this information in formulating an effective communication method and style. Additional course content may include student initiated or group activities.

FBMT 3132

Directed Study: Technology Issues 2 Credits

This course will deal with experiencing modern agricultural technological changes and determining if they fit into an individual’s farming operation.

FBMT 3133

Directed Study: Family Transition 2 Credits

This course provides the opportunity for the student to study the many aspects of farm business and/or family transition, which occur in the typical farm business.

FBMT 3134

Directed Study: Personnel Management 2 Credits

This course will organize skills for effective management of farm employees and agribusiness personnel through development of: handbooks, compensation/incentive packages, individual expectations/evaluations, and team meetings.

FBMT 3135

Directed Study: Enterprise Alternatives 2 Credits

This course will assist those students wanting to make changes in their farm business through enterprise expansion, addition or enhancement. The course will develop a set of procedures for exploring and evaluating alternative choices.

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