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Staff Management Practices in Dairy Farming
Does it Matter?
By: Dr Aman Ullah
Dairy Farmingthe performance
possibilities
Structural Changes
Increase in herd size
Increase in Number of employees
Increase Importance of HRM
Management Issues in Dairy Farming
1. Poor strategies for attracting and retaining skilled labour2. Limited employee training3. Lack of employee career development opportunities4. Poor compensation and benefits provision5. Neglect of occupational health and safety (OH&S)6. Employee dissatisfaction with long working hours
i. Farm Profitabilityii. Labor productivityiii. Herd Health
Lower down the dairy farm performance:
HRM-Performance Link
Use of HRM practices
a) Recruitment & Selectionb) Training & Developmentc) Compensation & Benefitsd) Career planninge) OH&S f) Flexible work hours
Better HRM Outcomesa) Low Employee turnoverb) Low Employee absenteeism
Improved Dairy Farm Performancei. Farm Profitabilityii. Herd Healthiii. Labor Productivityiv. Milk Quality
Dairy Farmingthe performance possibilities
Structural Changes
Increase in herd size
Number of employees
Importance of HRM
Management Issues in Dairy Farming1. Poor strategies attracting and retaining skilled labour2. Limited employee training3. Lack of employee career development opportunities4. Poor compensation and benefits provision5. Neglect of occupational health and safety (OH&S)6. Long working hours
i. Farm Profitabilityii. Labor productivityiii. Herd Health status
Lower down the dairy farm performance:
Cont…
Dairy Farmingthe performance
possibilities
HRM practices
HRM Outcomes
Dairy Farm Performance
Structural Changes
Management Issues in Dairy Farming
Lower down the dairy farm performance
Summary
Practical Implications• Offered conceptual map to the policy makers and farm
managers to reflect in HRM practices and policies for dairy farm performance.
• Implementation of HRM practices may benefit employees, and certainly the dairy farmers as well, and in turn, may contribute to national economic development.
• Updates researchers and practitioners about the rare field of HRM in the dairy industry.
As such, our question in the title slide must be ‘yes’, indeed HRM does matter in dairy farming!
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