Farm management and production economics (In Finnish) (10cr)
Code: KA01CMYL02-3005
General information
- Enrollment
- 16.04.2019 - 19.01.2020
- Registration for the implementation has ended.
- Timing
- 06.01.2020 - 30.04.2020
- Implementation has ended.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 10 cr
- Local portion
- 10 cr
- Mode of delivery
- Contact learning
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Natural Resources, Agriculture and Rural Enterprises
- Teachers
- Jyrki Rajakorpi
- Marjo Latva-Kyyny
- Course
- KA01CMYL02
Evaluation scale
1-5
Objective
Students will be familiar with the farm management and production economics. They will be competent in obtaining new information from academic publications, for example, and utilizing that information to solve problems in plant production and animal husbandry. Students will understand the hypotheses behind the research and consider them when utilizing the results of the research.
Content
? Theory and the real world
? Economic principles and optimization
? Acquiring and organizing management information
? Resource management
o Land control and use
o Human resource management
o Machinery management
Materials
Kay, Edwards & Duffy 2016. Farm Management. McGraw-Hill. s. 121-172.
Ryhänen & Sipiläinen (2018). Maatalousyrityksen johtaminen ja toiminnan kehittäminen.
Ryhänen ja Laitila (toim.) 2012. Yhteistyö ja resurssit maitotiloilla : verkostomaisen yrittämisen lähtökohtia ja edellytyksiä. Seinäjoen ammattikorkeakoulun julkaisuja B 59.
Opettajan tuottama ja kokoama materiaali.
Teaching methods
Kontaktiopetusta, ryhmissä esseen kirjoittamista, PP -alustuksen laadintaa ja tulosten esittämistä sekä omatoimista oppimista
Student workload
10*26,7 tuntia = 267 tuntia, josta 60 h on luokkatyöskentelyä ja 200 h ryhmien omatoimista oppimista.
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
Students are able to study the basics of the period.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
Students are able to course things well.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
Students are able to course things well and knows how to apply them in practice.
Qualifications
Introduction to farm management