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Book SynopsisOne: Perspectives.- 1. Principles of Fish Culture and Aquaculture Systems.- 2. Principles of Culture Systems Management.- 3. Approaches to People (Using Human Resources).- 4. Marketing.- 5. Life Cycles and Production Strategies.- 6. Water and Health Management.- 7. Ethics.- Two: Quantitative Approaches.- 8. Production Economics.- 9. Records for Managerial Analyses.- 10. Production System Limits.- 11. Decision-Making Tools.- 12. Computer Assisted Decision Support Systems.- Appendixes.- Appendix I. Manager Attributes and Expectations.- Appendix II. Suggested Steps for Learning to Read People.- Appendix III. Examples of Enterprise Budgets, Cash Flow, and Credit Repayment Schedules.- Appendix IV. Life-Cycle Costing.- Appendix V. Sample Calculation to Determine the Number of Fish that Can be Reared in a Unit (Tank) That Receives 5 Gallons Per Minute (GPM) Water Flow.- Appendix VI. Sample Problems on Production Capacity Assessment (PCA).
Table of ContentsOne: Perspectives.- 1. Principles of Fish Culture and Aquaculture Systems.- Definition, Principles, and Need for Management.- The Culture System Spectra.- World Overview.- Freshwater.- Saltwater.- Temperature.- Organizational Systems.- Operational Systems and Degree of Intensification.- Summary.- 2. Principles of Culture Systems Management.- Management Definitions and Approaches.- The Job of Management.- Management Functions and Activities.- Planning and Organizing.- Decision Making.- Control and Evaluation.- Accepting Responsibility.- Management Styles and Attributes of Successful Managers.- Scope of Aquaculture Management.- Bottom Line.- Managing to Achieve Objectives.- Financial Analyses Miss the Point in the Public Domain.- Sometimes Financial Analyses Do Not Miss the Point.- Summary.- 3. Approaches to People (Using Human Resources).- Contingency Theory.- Management Skills.- Leading and Motivating.- Motivating (Maslow) Needs Hierarchy.- Communicating and Active Listening.- Using Performance Plans and Examples of a Performance Standard.- Productivity.- What is Productivity?.- The Manager’s Mandate and Enhancing Effectiveness.- Beginning.- Summary.- 4. Marketing.- Functional and Institutional Aspects of Marketing.- Performance.- Cooperatives.- Marketing Studies and Test Marketing.- Strategies for Cultured Products.- Summary.- 5. Life Cycles and Production Strategies.- Enterprises and the Concept of Mixing.- Energy Flow.- Summary.- 6. Water and Health Management.- Water Management.- Quality.- Aeration, Oxygen Injection, Atmospheric Exchange.- Metabolites.- Buffering and Toxicity Mediators.- Complementary Use.- Effluent: Environmental Impacts and Treatment.- Managing Metabolites.- Site Selection.- Health Management.- Recognition.- Planning: Management of the Water Supply.- Design.- Management.- 7. Ethics.- Business and Government.- Environmental Ethics: From Management of Scarce Natural Resources to Commodity Production for Human Consumption.- Moral Standing.- Animal Rights.- Preserving Rare Species.- Conclusions.- Professionalism and Legislated Ethics (for Public Domain Managers).- Two: Quantitative Approaches.- 8. Production Economics.- Microeconomic Principles.- Fixed and Variable Costs.- Marginal Analysis.- Cost Concepts (in Decision Making).- Timid Costs of Ownership.- Taxes.- Interest.- Maintenance.- Insurance.- Depreciation.- Total Ownership Costs.- 9. Records for Managerial Analyses.- Record Keeping.- Enterprise Budgets.- Cash Flow.- Financial Statement.- 10. Production System Limits.- Capacity Estimates.- A Fairyfish Tail.- Dissolved Oxygen and Metabolites.- Production Capacity Assessment (PCA).- Detailed Procedure for PCA.- 11. Decision-Making Tools.- Partial Budgeting.- The Delphi Technique.- Benefit-Cost Analysis.- Present Value Analysis.- Five Additional Analysis Techniques.- Sensitivity Analysis.- Decision Trees.- 12. Computer Assisted Decision Support Systems.- Analytic Hierarchy Process.- AHP Decision Analysis for Procurement, Installation, and Use of Oxygenation Equipment.- Linear Programming.- Appendixes.- Appendix I. Manager Attributes and Expectations.- Appendix II. Suggested Steps for Learning to Read People.- Appendix III. Examples of Enterprise Budgets, Cash Flow, and Credit Repayment Schedules.- Appendix IV. Life-Cycle Costing.- Appendix V. Sample Calculation to Determine the Number of Fish that Can be Reared in a Unit (Tank) That Receives 5 Gallons Per Minute (GPM) Water Flow.- Appendix VI. Sample Problems on Production Capacity Assessment (PCA).
