Course title
農業経営経済学特論   [Advanced Management and Economics of Agriculture]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 0.5 
Department   Year   Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code 96512
Instructor(s)
安藤 益夫(宇)   [ANDOU Masuo]
Facility affiliation United Graduate School Agricultural Science Office   Email address

Course description
“Organization of the agricultural production and its management”
There are two ways to improve the Japanese agriculture structure. The first is to make the individual farm to expand the farm size by leasing the land. The second is to organize the individual farms. In this seminar, focusing on the latter, the historical development of the agricultural organization in Japan is reviewed from 1960’s to the present. And also we study the some conditions how to manage and develop the organizations, from the viewpoint of agricultural economics, farm management, and organization theory.
Expected Learning
1)Understanding of the backgrounds of the organizing the individual farms, and its esseence
2) Understanding of the characteristics of the management of the agricultural organization, compared with the non-agricultural organizations.
Course schedule
1.Basic understanding of the organization of agricultural production
(1)Definition and Concept, (2)Background, (3)Basic Types

2.Historical development of the agricultural organization
(1) Agreement of cultivation, (2) Communal use of machines, (3) Community-based management

3.Management of the agricultural organization
(1) Leadership, (2)Distribution of the profits, (3) Relationship with the community

Prerequisites
Required Text(s) and Materials
Handouts will be provided in class.
References
To be announced in the lecture
Assessment/Grading
Message from instructor(s)
I will explain the importance and usefulness of the agricultural organization easily.
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5/24/2018 11:42:08 AM