Project Mackay alignment of grower services (MAGS) : Final report MAP002

Abstract

The Mackay Sugar region recognised that there was room for improvement of grower services which were available in the region and many issues were discovered to exist. An Alignment group was established which consisted in its final form of 33 people covering 8 organisations with 8 elected grower leaders, 9 informal grower leaders, 11 management level leaders and five other selected staff members (from three organisations). This group appointed a Project Committee and from this Project teams were formed to complete specific tasks. There was also a Stakeholders Group which was selected by the Chairmen of Mackay Sugar Limited and Mackay Canegrowers Limited. This was to enable decisions and negotiations to take place with sufficient authority (power).