The Impact Of Management Training On The Performance Of Marketing Officers In State Fisheries Corporations

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The Impact Of Management Training On The Performance Of Marketing Officers In State Fisheries Corporations

by
U. Tietze
Socio-Economist; Bay of Bengal Programme


Executing Agency: FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS

Funding Agency: SWEDISH INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY

Development of Small-Scale Fisheries in the Bay of Bengal Madras, India, June 1983

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PREFACE

This paper reports the findings of an investigation on the impact of two training courses on fish marketing management held for fisheries officials of Tamil Nadu (December 1979) and Andhra Pradesh (November 1980). Participants of the two courses were interviewed in April 1981 as part of the investigation.

The courses (held in cooperation with the Governments of Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh respectively), the investigation into their impact, and the paper produced as a result of the investigation, are activities of the Project for Small-Scale Fisheries Development of the Bay of Bengal Programme. It is executed by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and funded by the Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA). It covers five countries bordering the Bay of Bengal — Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Thailand. Its main aims are to develop, demonstrate and promote appropriate technologiesand methodologies to improve the conditions of small-scale fisherfolk and the supply of fish in the small-scale sector in the five member countries.


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PREFACE

INTRODUCTION

CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

1. PURPOSE OF THE POST-EVALUATION STUDY

2. PLANNING AND CONDUCT OF THE TRAINING

2.1. MACRO-DIDACTIC STRUCTURE
2.2. GENERAL CONDUCT OF THE COURSE
2.3. STYLE OF TRAINING
2.4. MICRO-DIDACTIC STRUCTURE

3. HYPOTHESIS ABOUT COURSE IMPACT

3.1. ANALYSIS OF COURSE OBJECTIVES
3.2. THE EXPECTED IMPACT OF THE COURSES

4. IMPACT OF TRAINING ON PROFESSIONAL PERFORMANCE

4.1 PROFESSIONAL MOBILITY
4.2. PROFESSIONAL WORKING ENVIRONMENT

5. PARTICIPANTS’ PERSONAL VIEWS ON TRAINING IMPACT

5.1. TAMIL NADU COURSE
5.2. ANDHRA PRADESH COURSE

6. TAMIL NADU AND ANDHRA PRADESH COURSES: SOME COMPARATIVE COMMENTS

TABLES

1. Professional mobility (Andhra Pradesh course)
2. Professional mobility (Tamil Nadu course)
3. Improvements in professional performance of participants after the Andhra Pradesh training course
4. Changes in professional environments of Tamil Nadu participants
5. Professional environments of some of the participants of the Tamil Nadu course

APPENDICES:

1. DUTY STATIONS OF COURSE PARTICIPANTS (MAP)
2. TRAINING COURSE FOR FISH MARKETING PERSONNEL OF ANDHRA PRADESH; 11—26 NOVEMBER, 1980. PROGRAMME
3. TRAINING COURSE FOR FISH MARKETING PERSONNEL OF TAMIL NADU; 3—14 DECEMBER, 1979. PROGRAMME
4. METHODS OF EVALUATION
5. LIST OF PERSONS INTERVIEWED
6. RELEVANT EDUCATIONAL CONCEPTS

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