Readings
Enterprising Rural Families


Individual:
   10 Top Women: Talk About Their Lives and Their Careers
  
A Balancing Act for Gen X Women
   Families and Individuals Coping with Financial Stress
   The Lifecycle of Financial Planning

   The Importance of Fathers
   Women in agriculture- Multi-skilled careerists assume many roles

| Individual | Family | Business | Community |

 

Family:
   Research-
      Circumplex Model of Marital and Family Systems
      Family Ranching and Farming
      Integrating Family Resilience and Family Stress Theory
      Manage Anger Through Family Meetings
      Weaving Together Family and Work
      Why Family Businesses Are Best
      Work and Family Today's Juggling Act
      Working Hard and Hardly Working: Domestic Labor and Marital Satisfaction Among Dual-Earner Couples


   Application-
      Building Family Strengths
      Characteristics of Strong Families
      Example Family Genogram
      Family Relationships In Later Life
      Family Scene 13: Tips to Strengthen Families
      Long Lasting Marriages: Why Do They Survive
      PARENTING Building Family Strengths
      Writing a Family History

| Individual | Family | Business | Community |

 

Business:
  
A Guide For Developing Best Practices For Farming With Family
   Advice for A Successful Family Business
   Byland Gets 100 Years of Experience
   Don't Let Family Feuds Kill Your Farm
   Farm Transfer Tip - Treat Kids Fairly Not Equally
   Groom Your Kids to be Better Farmers
   Grooming Your Successor: Notes on Handing Over the Farm
   Help Your Employees Work Harder & Smarter
   How Much Should You Pay Your Children
   Outside Advice Heads of Bad Business Decisions
   Peace at Any Cost is no Way to Run A Business
   Plan For Success
  
Managing the Multi-Generational Family Farm, selected excerpts from
      Managing Conflict ~ pp 78-89
      Working as a Team ~ pp 90-105
      Business Planning ~ pp 111-121
      Formalized Human Resources Management ~ pp122-145
      Written Policies ~ pp146-149
      Making Use of Outside ~ pp150-155
      Step 4: Create the Plan ~ pp196-202

   Raising a Business
   Results from the 2002 American Family Business Survey
   Slugging it Out is No Way to Settle a Business Disagreement
   Staffing a Family Business: Going Outside of the Nest?
   Succession Must Start Early
   The Family Business
   The Exit Strategy

| Individual | Family | Business | Community |

 

Community:
   Community Economic Development Preparedness Index
   Community Economic Development Strategies
   Impediments To Rural Viability
   Infrastructure and Rural Development Policy

   Race and Ethnicity in Rural America
   Rural Population and Migration
   Social Action in Rural Communities
   Three Elements of Preparing a Rural Community for Value Added Development
   Understanding Your Community’s Economy

   Where the Rubber Meets the Road
   Working with our Publics

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