The subject addresses the application of financial business management, economic and risk management principles to decision making in agribusiness and agricultural systems. Major areas of study include: agribusiness management and decision making principles; managing risk and decision making under uncertainty; historical and projected agribusiness productivity and financial analysis; benchmarking & best practise analysis; analysing and acquiring capital resources; and accounting for sustainability and environmental agribusiness assets. The subject also develops a framework on how to assess and measure risk, and formulate strategies to reduce it from a qualitative and quantitative perspective. The influence of the decision maker through individual bias and decision making heuristics are also examined.
HD/FL
One session
School of Agricultural and Wine Sciences
AHT231 Agricultural Finance and Business Management
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