Gregorio Billikopf
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Gregorio Billikopf (September 23, 1954 in Santiago, Chile -July 5, 2023 in Citrus Heights, California) was a Chilean mediator, author, and, from 1981, a farm advisor specializing in labor management for the University of California, Davis.
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[edit]In May 2005, Billikopf accepted a visiting faculty appointment as an honorary professor of agricultural labor management at the University of Chile in Santiago.[1]
Billikopf was a frequent national and international speaker (including United States, as well as in Russia, México, Canada, Uganda, Colombia, Argentina, Spain, Japan, New Zealand[2] and his native Chile) in his field.[1]
His agricultural extension research and teaching efforts focused on such topics as employee selection, compensation, performance appraisal, discipline and termination, supervision, interpersonal relations, conflict resolution, and interpersonal negotiation skills. [citation needed]
Billikopf received the 1989 National Association for County Agricultural Agents (NACAA) Achievement Award and the 2006 Distinguished Service Award. He received a number of other awards from NACAA, including two National Winner communication awards: Webpage in 1999 (Agricultural Labor Management); and Publication in 2006 (for his book Labor Management in Agriculture: Cultivating Personnel Productivity, 2nd Edition, 2003).[citation needed]
Billikopf authored numerous articles published in academic journals and several books. These included Labor Management in Agriculture (1994, 2003)[3] and Party Directed Mediation: Facilitating Dialogue Between Individuals (3rd Edition, 2014),[4] which portrays practical examples of party-directed mediation, a specialty within the field of alternative dispute resolution. He presented his two mediation models, party-directed mediation (PDM) and Negotiated Performance Appraisal (NPA), for dealing with peer to peer conflict and supervisor-subordinate conflict, respectively, at the International Association for Conflict Management [IACM] annual meetings in 2005 (Seville, Spain) and 2009 (Kyoto, Japan).[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]Billikopf was raised in Chile's Central Valley, where his maternal family had been grape growers in Chile for generations. It was at the labor-intensive family vineyard, where he spent much of his youth, that he first developed an interest in labor issues, horses and agriculture.[citation needed]
Billikopf went on to obtain his Bachelor of Science in agronomy from UC Davis, and his Master of Arts in labor management from California State University, Stanislaus.[5] In March 1974, after reading the Book of Mormon, Billikopf became a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.[6]
Following his retirement from the University of California in 2014,[5] Billikopf and his wife resided in the Lake Region of Llanquihue, Chile.[7] His interests included acting as a dressage (equestrian sports) instructor,[8] amateur radio operator, soccer referee. He wrote an online blog about the Hebrew Holy Scriptures,[9] especially Isaiah and the latter prophets (NEVI'M).[10]
Billikopf was of Lithuanian-Jewish and German-Jewish descent on his father's side,[6] being the grandson of Jacob Billikopf (involved in social work, Jewish philanthropy and labor arbitration) and great-grandson of Louis Marshall (corporate, constitutional and civil rights lawyer as well as a mediator and Jewish community leader). On his Chilean mother's side, Billikopf was related to Francisco Antonio Encina, author of the 20 volume Historia de Chile.[citation needed]
Billikopf returned to California in his later years. He died in Citrus Heights, California at age 68.[5] He was survived by his four children.[citation needed]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Gregorio Billikopf". www.cnr.berkeley.edu. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
- ^ "Help your migrants work". Otago Daily Times Online News. September 6, 2013. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
- ^ Labor Management in Agriculture: Cultivating Personnel Productivity – Gregorio Billikopf
- ^ Party Directed Mediation: Helping Others Resolve Differences (3rd Edition, 2014) – Gregorio Billikopf
- ^ a b c Kan-Rice, Pamela (July 6, 2023). "In memoriam: Gregorio Encina Billikopf". ANR Blogs. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
- ^ a b "Gregorio Billikopf". Blogger.
- ^ Martinez, Michael (April 30, 2015). "Chile's Calbuco Volcano erupts for third time in 8 days". CNN. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
- ^ A Passion for Dressage: Classical dressage based on the traditions of the Chilean Riding School – Gregorio Billikopf
- ^ Holy Scriptures, http://holyscriptures7.blogspot.com/
- ^ "Isaiah Testifies of Christ: An LDS Commentary". isaiah.awardspace.biz. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
External links
[edit]- Party-Directed Mediation: Facilitating Dialogue Between Individuals by Gregorio Billikopf, free complete book PDF download, at the University of California (3rd Edition, posted 17 April 2014)
- Party-Directed Mediation: Facilitating Dialogue Between Individuals by Gregorio Billikopf, free complete book PDF download from Archive.org - various formats (3rd Edition, posted 17 April 2014)
- Interpersonal Negotiation Skills two-hour seminar by Gregorio Billikopf, 2013, guest speaker at California State University, Stanislaus, a summary of Chapter 4 of Party-Directed Mediation.
- Empathic Listening Audio by Gregorio Billikopf, download hour lecture on MP3 files (15 files in zip folder), at the University of California (2009, Chapter 2 of Party-Directed Mediation).
- Gregorio Billikopf, El Huasito - Revista Agricola - Osorno, Chile Biographical article (2014) published by Revista Agricola, Diario Austral, in Chile after his return to Chile (IN SPANISH).