Extension Organisation And Management

1. Explain the concepts of extension organization and management.
2. Identify and apply management theories to extension management.
3. Discuss organizational structures and management processes.
4. Apply personnel management principles in extension organizations.
5. Implement strategies for motivation, coordination, and delegation.
6. Analyze budgeting and fiscal control in agricultural extension.
7. Evaluate agricultural extension systems in Nigeria.

13 weeks, about 30 hours in total. Yours will differ.

1. Week 1Module 1: Basic Concepts, Principles and Theories of Extension Organisation and Management

   • Unit 1: Basic Concepts of Extension Organisation and Management · 2 hours

     Read Unit 1: Understand the concepts of extension, organization, and management.. Identify the functions of an organization and types of extension organizations.. Explain the principles of extension management..

2. Week 2Module 1: Basic Concepts, Principles and Theories of Extension Organisation and Management

   • Unit 2: Theories of Management: Functional Theory · 2 hours

     Study Unit 2: Define theory and its functions in management.. Explain functional theory, its principles, and assumptions.. Discuss the implications of functional theory for extension managers..

3. Week 3Module 1: Basic Concepts, Principles and Theories of Extension Organisation and Management

   • Unit 3: Decision-Making Theory · 2 hours

     Study Unit 3: Explain decision-making theory and the values to consider.. Highlight the steps involved in decision-making.. Discuss the types of decision-making systems..

4. Week 4Module 1: Basic Concepts, Principles and Theories of Extension Organisation and Management

   • Unit 4: Social Process Theory and Human Relations Theory · 2 hours

     Study Unit 4: Explain the social process theory and its implications for extension.. Explain human relations theory, its characteristics, and principles.. Discuss the implications of human relations theory for extension management..

5. Week 5Module 1: Basic Concepts, Principles and Theories of Extension Organisation and Management

   • Unit 5: The Fusion Theory and Theories X, Y and Z · 2 hours

     Study Unit 5: Explain the fusion theory and its implications.. Explain theories X, Y, and Z and their basic assumptions.. Discuss the implications of theories Y and Z for extension management..

6. Week 6Module 2: Extension Organisational Structure and Management Processes

   • Unit 1: Extension Organisational Structure · 2 hours

     Read Unit 1: Define organizational structure and its determinants.. Explain departmentalization and discuss the criteria for it.. Discuss the types of organizational structure in extension management..

7. Week 7Module 2: Extension Organisational Structure and Management Processes

   • Unit 2: Basic Process of Management in Extension · 2 hours

     Study Unit 2: Define and explain the types of planning.. State the activities involved in planning.. Explain the concept of organizing and highlight the activities involved..

8. Week 8Module 2: Extension Organisational Structure and Management Processes

   • Unit 3: Personnel Management – Staffing in Extension Organisation · 2 hours

     Study Unit 3: Define personnel management and identify its main functions.. Define staffing and state the conditions when staffing is needed.. Discuss the concept of manpower planning as a factor in staffing..

9. Week 9Module 2: Extension Organisational Structure and Management Processes

   • Unit 4: Training and Development of Staff in Extension Organisation · 2 hours

     Study Unit 4: Explain the concept of training and development.. List the steps involved in training procedures of staff.. Mention and discuss the methods of training of staff in extension organization..

10. Week 10Module 2: Extension Organisational Structure and Management Processes

    • Unit 5: Supervision in Extension Organisation · 2 hours

      Study Unit 5: Define supervision and state its functions in extension organization.. Highlight the principles of supervision in extension organization.. Explain the necessary conditions for effective supervision in extension organization..

11. Week 11Module 3: Personnel Management

    • Unit 1: Motivation in Extension Organisation · 2 hours

      Read Unit 1: Define motivation and list the two types of motivation.. Discuss Maslow's theory of motivation and explain its implications for extension management.. Identify and discuss factors motivating employees in extension organization..

12. Week 12Module 3: Personnel Management

    • Unit 2: Coordination in Extension Organisation · 2 hours

      Study Unit 2: Explain the concept of coordination in extension organization.. List and discuss the types of coordination.. Highlight the principles governing effective coordination in extension organization..

    • Unit 3: Delegation of Tasks and Authority in Extension Organisation · 2 hours

      Study Unit 3: Explain the concept of delegation and justify the rationale for effective delegation.. Highlight the supervisor's responsibilities towards effective delegation..

13. Week 13Module 3: Personnel Management

    • Unit 4: Staff Appraisal and Budget and Fiscal Control in Agricultural Extension · 2 hours

      Study Unit 4: Explain the concept of staff appraisal and list the two types.. Justify the rationale for staff appraisal in extension organization.. Explain the concept of budgeting and state at least 5 purposes in extension organization..

    • Unit 5: Management of Agricultural Extension Services in Nigeria · 2 hours

      Study Unit 5: Discuss the pre-independence agricultural extension systems in Nigeria.. Highlight the major problems of agricultural extension in Nigeria.. Discuss the post-independence management of the agricultural extension system in Nigeria..