Conferences

Agribusiness: Agribusiness management

Presently the quality of management is the key factor of success in the market. It requires implementation of modern and effective management approaches. Examples of solutions of tough management tasks are presented at the International Conference “Agribusiness Management”.

Together we can find effective solutions, reflect on and discuss overcoming of mistakes made by real farms. Experience is the best teacher.

Process approach allows you:
  • To make your business transparent and understandable for management solutions
  • To decrease risks of information loss
  • To decrease nonproductive costs
  • To change approach of employees increasing labor effectiveness

The 3rd International conference “Management-2008”

At Model agricultural enterprise CJSV “Agro-Soyuz” (Mayskoye vil.,
Sinelnikovo distr., Dnepropetrovsk region).
December 15-17, 2008

Dear Managers!

It was Lao-tsu who said: «He who split the world into parts no longer understands the power of both divine and human laws».

«The development of the country is 80% dependant not on its natural resources, not on its geographical position and not on quality of labor. Instead it depends on management». These words of one of the founders of modern management – P. Drucker – reflect everything like a drop of water: meaning, problems and contradictions of what different people call management in different situations. If this expression is not questionable than the notion “management quality” used by Drucker needs to be either clarified or intuitively understood.

We got used so much to solve problems “in parts”, analyze situations based on separate aspects that this approach seems to be an absolute Good, essential attribute of scientific and objective approach. Is it always good to scrutinize the problem under different angles and go deep into detail? The problem is that as a result of this “partitioning” approach we need to deal with incomplete, fractional vision of the phenomenon in question. Yes, we have a set of snapshots and viewpoints from different angles. The question is how all these snapshots and perspective relate. In order to perceive the nature of the problem, imagine that you are trying to put together a mosaic, taking separate parts out of the box, but not having the whole picture in our head. This topic will be highlighted by PhD in education Derek Cabrera and Director of “Agro-Soyuz” Corporation Vladimir Khorishko.Derek works at Cornell University (USA), he is the founder and CEO of ThinkWorks, a company that develops system thinking skills through workshops and seminars for educators, parents and organizational leaders. In addition he holds a patent for the revolutionary thinking method that underlies the design of ThinkBlocks, an educational tool that teaches system thinking skills to children and adults.

If we say the words of Drucker in a different way, we can state that the success of any system that consists of people is predetermined by a sort of philosophical category of science and art that is related to something or determined something that is called organizational system. Understanding what “management” and “system” are as well as “processes” and “elements” that are related to them, means of processes, systems and management implementation is a difficult task. This and many other issues will be highlighted by Andrey Tyslenko (Russia), who is a consultant in management systems perfection, the owner of several businesses, the manager of one of the fields of expert and consultation Board under the Foreman of the State Duma of Russian Federation, the teacher of the high school of business at Moscow State University under MBA program.

Any of us acts in difference organizations simultaneously or in sequence. We are born in them, live and die, study and work, get married, get medical assistance and have rest. Efficiency of an organization is far more higher than that of a family, nation or settlement. It is the efficiency that is being valued by businessmen, politicians and all active citizens. That is why the number, difference and sizes of organizations are growing. Some of them are now embracing the whole World. We are in common organizational networks where everybody is connected with everybody either by a necessity or by our wish. If you pull or cut one thread, many others will start moving. This topic will be highlighted by Prigozhin Arkadiy – professor, doctor of philosophy, Director of managerial consulting center of National economy Academy under the Government of Russian Federation, President of Association of consultants on management and organization development.

What means to be a leader? How can we know our mission? What means responsibility? How to build a team? Which way to success to choose? How to be a leader for yourself? How does a career depend on leadership skills? Irina Khakamada will tell you her answers to these questions. Irina Khakamada holds a PhD in economics, she’s an associate professor, a writer, the Foreperson of the Creative Center “Our Choice”, former prominent politician and a statesperson.

WE INVITE all managers, top-managers and just proactive managers of small companies and large corporations that think in this direction to participate in this fascinating event. You’ll have an opportunity to find answers to your questions together with speakers and perhaps, you’ll think more about the situation in the world and in your organization.

Conditions of participation:
Registration fee UAH 4550 (RUR 19145 or USD 700) includes:

  • 3-day attendance of all the events of the conference;
  • Conference proceedings;
  • coffee-breaks, lunches and dinners;
  • transportation services (delivery from temporary residence to the venue) .

    Participation fee does not include accommodation cost.

    The organizing committee provides help with booking rooms in hotels.
    The deadline to file an application is December 10, 2008

    December 15
    December 16
    December 17
    Time
    ORGANIZATION AS A SYSTEM
    Time
    SYNERGIC ORGANIZATIONS
    Time
    LEADERSHIP
    08:00 - 09:00
    Registration
    Coffee-break
    Business center

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    09:00 - 10:30
    Management in organizational systems and
    their modeling

    Andrey Tyslenko

    (Consultant on perfection of management systems, Russia)
    9:00- 10:30
    Synergic organization

    Natalia Dudula

    (Deputy director of the Department of agricultural projects, Agro-Soyuz Corporation)
    09:00 - 09:30
    Official Openning
    Introduction of Speakers

    Vladimir Khorishko

    (Director of "Agro-Soyuz" Corporation)
    10:30 - 12:00
    Organization as a living
    organism

    Galina Gubarenko

    (Director of Center of
    Innovations and Active
    Development
    "Agro-Soyuz" Corporation)
    10:30 - 12:00
    Self-learning organization

    Tatyana Nesterchuk

    (HR Director, Agro-Soyuz
    Corporation)
    09:30 - 11:30
    Actuality of System
    Thinking. The stages of
    establishing System
    Thinking

    Derek Cabrera

    (Cornell University,USA)
    12:00 - 13:00
    LUNCH
    Gala Hall
    12:00 - 13:00
    LUNCH
    Gala Hall
    11:30 - 13:30
    Introduction to System
    Thinking. Viewpoint on
    System Thinking

    Derek Cabrera

    (Cornell University,USA)
    13:00 - 15:00
    What does “organizational
    culture” mean. Its position
    and role in the company

    Arkadiy Prigozhin

    (Director of school of
    consultants, Russia)
    13:00 - 14:30
    Leadership as a basis of
    self-learning company

    Irina Khakamada

    (Creative center “Our Choice”,
    Russia)
    13:30 - 14:30
    LUNCH
    Gala Hall
    15:00 - 15:30
    Coffee-break
    Business center
    14:30 - 16:00
    Leadership as a basis of
    self-learning company

    Elena Shevchenko

    (Director of
    the Department of
    Agricultural technologies,
    Agro-Soyuz Corporation)
    14:30 - 16:00
    Actuality of System
    Thinking. The stages of
    establishing System
    Thinking

    Vladimir Khorishko

    (Director of Agro-Soyuz
    Corporation, Ukraine)
    15:30 - 16:30
    What does “organizational
    culture” mean. Its position
    and role in the company

    Sergey Prokayev

    (Director of Agro-Soyuz Corporation, Ukraine)
    16:00 - 18:00
    Introduction to System
    Thinking. Viewpoint on
    System Thinking

    Vladimir Khorishko

    (Director of Agro-Soyuz
    Corporation, Ukraine)
    16:30 - 18:00
    Synergic organization

    Arkadiy Prigozhin

    (Association Àññîöèàöèÿ
    ACMOD, Russia)
    18:00 - 19:00
    DINNER
    Gala Hall
    18:00 - 19:00
    DINNER
    Gala Hall
    Organizing committee:
    Tel./fax: +38 (0562) 36-74-98; +38 (05663) 5-32-99
    +38 (050) 342-96-80
    å-mail:am-ic@agro.dp.ua

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