Workshop

Workshop nº 08 - Management in organisations providing rural advisory services - insights and initial experiences from an international pilot training course organised by Agridea/Entra in cooperation with the IALB

Language: Deutsch / Spanish

Management in organisations providing rural advisory services - insights and initial experiences from an international pilot training course organised by Agridea/Entra in cooperation with the IALB

The agricultural and food sectors are undergoing a major transformation and, with them, the organisations that provide advisory services:
The expectations of customers, policymakers and the general public are growing while budgets remain tight. Importance is attached to increasing efficiency and cutting costs while simultaneously driving innovation. A new generation of younger employees with changing needs is accompanied by a shortage of skilled workers.
Managers of organisations providing advisory services have to find strategic answers to these opposing forces and at the same time initiate and implement the necessary change processes.   
As part of a pilot project, Agridea and Entra, in cooperation with the IALB, organised the first European certificate course on management in organisations offering rural advisory services (“Management in ländlichen Beratungsorganisationen”). Managers from Austria, Switzerland, Germany and South Tyrol discussed these issues in four training modules and benefited from the input of selected experts and practical reports (link to the flyer)
The workshop aimed to:
• engage participants in dialogue about current strategic challenges
• share “best of” selected content (leadership and change management; customer orientation and performance management; future organisation; employer attractiveness and human resource development)
• provide an overview of the content and methodology of the pilot course

Structure/methodology: Interactive presentation with exchange of experience