Dynamic agricultural environment and new challenges due to climate change and lack of stability in the markets require farmers to increase their knowledge and flexibility in applying management methods. This paper presents research results on the assessment of management methods applied by Lithuanian farmers with the aim to demonstrate the differences in practices of applying management methods depending on the type of the farm: comparing practices in the farms that produce only primary agricultural production and supply raw materials to the processing industry and in the farms that are willing to exploit new market opportunities and perform primary processing, sell production to the customers, offer other services and use various ways to diversify economic activities in the farm. The research was based on the evolutionary approach for the practices of applying management methods by using systemic analysis and questionnaire methods. The survey results indicate that Lithuanian farmers are acquiring management knowledge from the simplest to the more sophisticated management methods and support the evolutionary approach to learning and teaching processes.
Key words: evolutionary approach, basic financial analysis and planning, tactical and operational planning, strategic planning and management.
Vidickienė, D.; Melnikienė, R.; Gedminaitė-Raudonė, Ž. 2014. Vadybos žinių taikymas Lietuvos ūkininkų ūkiuose, Žemės ūkio mokslai 21(1): 37-47. ISSN 1392-0200.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.6001/zemesukiomokslai.v21i1.2854. [Central & Eastern European Academic Source nuo 2007 (EBSCO sąrašas) CAB Abstracts nuo 2002, 3; (paieška) visas tekstas nuo 2009 (sąrašas].