Managing Extension Organizations

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Vineeta Chandra

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Course title: Managing Extension Organizations

Course code: EXTN 0508 (2-1-0)

Course Objectives:

1. To orient students on the importance of knowledge and skills on various management functions, as applicable to extension organizations.

2. Discuss ways of running extension services as managers of agri- ventures.

3. To develop capacities for becoming effective managers of agri- ventures.

Session Plan 1  :-Management and importance; Extension management: Meaning, concept, nature and importance; theories of management.

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Session plan 2:- Administration and Supervision: meaning, definition and scope lecture2

Session plan 3:- Henri Fayol 14 Principle of Management, Classification of functions of management, Levels of Management   lecture3

Session plan 4:- Qualities and skills of a manager; Interpersonal relations in the organizationlecture4

Session plan 5:-Reporting and Budgeting lecture5

 

Session plan 6:-Extension management (POSDCORB) in public sectorLecture6

Session plan 7:- Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Technology Management Agency (ATMA), Krishi Vigyan Kendra (KVK), SAUs, ICAR Institutes, Private sector, Cooperatives, NGOs, FPOs etc.lecture7

Session plan 8:-Organizational Structure, relations between different units- Challenges in management.Lecture8

Session plan 9 and 10:- Decision making – Concept, Types of decisions, Styles and techniques of decision making, Steps in DM Process, Guidelines for making effective decisionsLecture 9 and 10

Session plan 11 and 12 :-Human Resource Management: Manpower planning, Recruitment, Selection, Placement and Orientation, Training and Development.

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Session plan 13:-Why is it necessary to implement human resources into your agriculture organization; What is a human resources evaluation; What is recruiting; How do we recruit; What is hiring; What is new employee orientation and training; what is communication

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Session plan 14 and 15:- Leadership – Concept, Characteristics, Functions, Approaches to leadership, Leadership styles

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Session plan 16, 17 and 18:- Authority and responsibility, Delegation and decentralization, line and staff relations, Challenges of co-ordination in extension organizations 

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Session plan 19 and 20:-Managing interdepartmental coordination and convergence between KVK, ATMA and line departments, Coordinating pluralism in extension services

 

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Session plan 21:-Challenges in managing public-private partnerships (PPPs) at different levels in agricultural development in general and extension in particular

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Session plan 22:-Performance appraisal – Meaning, Concept, Methods.

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Session 23 and 24:-Managing work motivation – Concept, Motivation and Performance, Managing work motivation –Approaches to motivation.

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Session plan 25 and 26 :- Organizational Communication – Concept, Process, Types, Networks, Barriers to Communication

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Session plan 27 and 28 :- Mentoring, Time management, Team work and team-building strategies

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Session plan 29:- Modernization of information handling

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Session plan 30 :- Meaning, Responsibilities, Qualities and functions of supervision, Essentials of effective supervision

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Session plan 31:- Managerial Control – Nature, Process, Types, Techniques of Control, Observation, PERT and CPM.

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Session plan 32:- Management Information Systems (MIS): Concept, tools and techniques, MIS in extension organizations

Lecture 32

Session plan 2 practical:- Study the structure and function of agro-enterprises, Designing organizational structure/organograms.

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Session plan 3 practical:- Group activity on leadership development skills

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Session plan practical 5 :- Field visit to extension organizations (ATARI, KVKs, NGOs), FPOs, dairy cooperatives to understand the functions of management

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Session plan practical 7 :- Group exercise on development of short term and long-term plans for agro- enterprises

Strategic planning for agriculture development

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