D2-Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 2, 1999
UNIVERSITY PARK (Centre
Co.) Hiring, teaching, and re
taining top employees is elemental
to the success of any business,
whether the company is a multina
tional conglomerate or a family
owned farm.
A conference, “Workforce
Management for Farms and Horti
cultural Businesses; Finding,
Training and Keeping Good
Employees,” will help agriculture
related businesses find ways to
create a work environment that
motivates employees and helps
supervisors become better man
agers. The conference is Jan.
13-15 at the Radisson Penn Harris
Hotel and Convention Center in
Camp Hill.
“The conference will help not
only managers of agricultural
businesses, but also companies
not large enough to have a human
resources department, consultants,
and educators,” said Lisa Holden,
assistant professor of dairy and
animal science in Penn State’s
College of Agricultural Sciences.
The conference opens Wed.,
Jan. 13, with registration from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. At 1 p.m., the pre
sentation “How Much Are Your
Employees Worth?” will feature
Benue Erven, professor of agri
cultural, environmental, and de
velopment economics at Ohio
State University, and Robert Mil
ligan, J. Thomas Clark Professor
of Entrepreneurship and Personal
Enterprise at Cornell University.
At 3:30 p.m., Norman Greig,
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Hook, N.Y., will speak on “En
hancing Your Reputation as an
Employer.” Penn State’s Holden
follows that segment with a talk
on “Communicating the Mission
to All Personnel” at 3:55 p.m.
The day’s final presentation,
“Managing the Multicultural
Workforce,” will be given by
Walter Montross, golf course
superintendent for Westwood
Country Club in Vienna, Va.
The entire day’s schedule for
Thur., Jan. 14, will be devoted to
four concurrent workshops on the
following topics:
• “Performance Feedback; How
Am I Doing Boss?”
• “Recruiting and Hiring Out
standing Staff”
• “Getting the Most From Your
Employees”
• “Leadership: Coaching to De
velop People.”
The workshops will be taught
by Don Rogers, vice president,
consulting, at First Pioneer Farm
Credit in Enfield, Conn.; James
Beirelein, Penn State professor of
agricultural economics; and Erven
and Milligan.
The final day, Jan. 15, starts at 8
a.m. with “Hiring With or Without
a Contract,” taught by Jennifer La-
Porta Baker, an attorney with Mc-
Nees, Wallace and Nurick in Har
risburg. At 8:20 am., “Elements
of an Employee Contract” will be
taught by John Becker, professor
of agricultural economics at Penn
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At 8:40 am., “Guest Workers
in Agriculture" will be taught by
A 1 French, coordinator of agricul
tural labor affairs in the Office of
the Chief Economist in the U.S.
Department of Agriculture. At 9
am., Douglas Schauflcr, senior
project associate from Penn
State’s Department of Agricultur
al and Extension Education, will
speak on “Hiring Persons with
Disabilities.”
Mike Pipa, an attorney for
Mette, Evans and Woodside in
Harrisburg, will speak on “Dis
crimination in the Workplace" at
10:10 am., followed at 10:30 am.
by “Farm Employment Rules and
Regulations: What you Need to
Know," moderated by USDA’s
French.
At 10:50 am., a workshop will
be held on “U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Requirements
for Training.” The final program
of the conference will be “Devel
oping a Safety Training Program,”
taught by Eric Hallman, safety
specialist at Cornell University.
Registration fee for the confer
ence is $270. The fee includes one
lunch and refreshments, a copy of
the conference proceedings, and a
workbook. Checks should be
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