A full-color, 250-page book presenting principles, practical examples, legal considerations, and leads to more references in six main chapters: 1. Roles and Responsibilities of an Agricultural Employer, 2. Organizational Planning, 3. Staffing the Farm Business, 4. Supervising Agricultural Work, 5. Managing Employee Performance, 6. Communication and Problem Solving. The companion website, provides supplementary material online, as well as Problem Work Situations: Working With Employees – a series of nine sets of brief vignettes that illustrate approaches to one-on-one communication in problem situations.

See Ag Help Wanted online or to order a copy at: RightRisk.org\AgHelpWanted.

 
RISK NAVIGATOR and associated Strategic Risk Management Process outline a 10-step risk management program. A self-guided Strategic Risk Management 101 course is available on the companion website. In addition, the Risk Navigator tool box offers an extensive risk management library of over 20 risk tools. The tools help to accomplish the planning and analysis needed to complete each step of the Strategic Risk Management Process.

Risk Navigator tools are available for download, free of charge at: RightRisk.org\RiskNavigator.

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AG SURVIVOR risk simulation is a software tool developed to teach risk concepts and management strategies to agricultural managers in an experiential learning environment. This educational program lets participants test firsthand whether they are better off implementing newly learned risk management tools and strategies, like the Strategic Risk Management Process. . . .

Access the free online risk simulation AG SURVIVOR from RightRisk at: RightRisk.org > Resources.

 
RDFinancial is a risk analysis tool designed to help understand financial statements and how they interact to provide a measure of financial business position and performance. The primary purpose is to provide opportunities to discuss financial analysis in an easy to use and understand format. Online video and audio clips provide an overview of RDFinancial and several examples of how to use RDFinancial to illustrate financial management concepts.

RDFinancial tool is one of over 30 individual risk analysis tools developed by RightRisk and available free of charge at:RightRisk.org > Analytics.

 
PUBLICATIONS available online from RightRisk include: Risk Management Profiles that outline various risks or management decisions faced by example operations and a description of the tools and strategies they use to address the risk. Applied Risk Analytics describe the application of RightRisk Analytics tools to evaluate risk alternatives for example operations. Risk Concepts offer an overview of various organizational structures comparing each across 7 alternative criteria.

RightRisk Online Publications are available free of charge at: RightRisk.org > Resources.

 
MULTI-TEMPORAL RISK ANALYZER can help evaluate agricultural risk management decisions that involve multiple years (up to 20) and include a dimension of risk. Examples include investment decisions, changes in production practices, adding and subtracting enterprises, and other decisions that involve multiple years to come to fruition or a multi-year commitment in order to see a positive economic return.

The Multi-Temporal Risk Analyzer tool is one of over 30 individual risk analysis tools developed by RightRisk and available free of charge at:RightRisk.org > Analytics.