AGRI90089

农业科学专题

Attracting and retaining a workforce is a critical challenge facing the agriculture, food and natural resource management sectors globally. Future leaders and managers in these sectors require a comprehensive understanding of the strategic and day to day complexities of workforce change, human resource management (HRM) and workforce planning and development. This is essential for both a competitive advantage within modern organisations as well as for how the sector meets the objectives of Decent Work for all (UN sustainable development goal 8). The subject aims to equip students with knowledge and skills to assess the key trends and underlying causes of workforce challenges in the agri-food and agri-environment sector, diagnose workforce issues and develop strategic workforce plans. The subject introduces principles of strategic workforce planning and evaluates models and approaches to leading and managing people, applicable to a large range of agri-food and agri-environment businesses and organisations across value chains (e.g. farms, processors, professional services, government, R&D organisations) and in communities (e.g. natural resource management contexts). Topics include: mega-trends in workforce change; leading and managing people; workforce planning; attracting and retaining a workforce; growing an innovative workforce; workforce development; global frameworks and the legal context of work. Case studies are used to support the application of theory to practice.