Updated 30 April 1998
Special: Managing Agricultural Research
Ordering the training manual
Cover page | Overview | The manual | Orientation | Case studies | Course content | Training | Programme planning | Ordering the manual
Management of Agricultural Research: a Training Manual (FAO, 1997), was prepared by
V.N. Asopa (Professor, Indian Institute of Management) and G. Beye (former Chief, FAO Research and Technology Development Service). It is composed of 10 teaching modules and is designed to be used as a basic resource by national trainers when structuring and conducting their own courses. For a copy of the publication, write to:
FAO Research and Technology Development Service (SDRR)
Viale delle Terme di Caracalla
00100 Rome, Italy
e-mail: SDRR-Chief@fao.org
Structure of the training manual
Introductory module
Introduction
Research management: a key ingredient - Components of a worldwide agricultural research management programme - Defining FAO's role - Modus operandi - The Manual - Evolution of the training manual - Coverage - Institute management - Pedagogy - User's guide - Design of the manual - Session sheet - Session guide - Instructional materials - Background readings - Recommended readings - Design flexibility - Workshop schedule - Organizing a training workshop
Appendix 1: Management orientation and decision making - Appendix 2: Case method - Appendix 3: Summary of course contents - Appendix 4: Illustrative schedule for a workshop on agricultural research institute management - Appendix 5: Management training - Appendix 6: Planning and management of short-duration, executive development programmes
Module 1 - Institutional agricultural research: Organization and
management
Session 1. Management: Thought and process
Session 2. Objectives and organization of agricultural research
Session 3. Organization of international research
Session 4. Organization of national agricultural research systems
Module 2 - Research planning
Session 1. Principles of research planning
Session 2. The institute-level planning process
Session 3. Setting goals and objectives
Session 4. From Objectives to an Operational Plan
Session 5. Participatory planning exercise
Session 6. Case study: Planning agricultural research in Mughal Sultanate
Module 3 - Organizational principles and design
Session 1. Organizational theories
Session 2. Structure of an organization
Session 3. Organizational design and change
Session 4. Case study: Establishment of a Directorate of Research at Soronno
University of Agriculture
Session 5. Case study: Organizational change at Samaru, Nigeria
Module 4 - Leadership, motivation, team building and conflict management
Session 1. Leadership
Session 2. Motivation
Session 3. Team building
Session 4. The IRRI Agricultural Equipment Programme case study: IRRI management
compares IRRI with developing country research institutes
Session 5. Conflict management
Session 6. Conflict management case study: Dr Agadir
Module 5 - Managing human resources
Session 1. Recruiting and maintaining staff in the research environment
Session 2. The professional staff
Session 3. Human resources management exercise
Session 4. Performance appraisal
Session 5. Performance appraisal case study: Suzene Kopec
Session 6. Exercise in designing performance evaluation formats
Module 6 - Management information systems, computers and network
techniques
Session 1. Management information systems (MIS)
Session 2. MIS exercise
Session 3. Computers as management tools
Session 4. Network Techniques
Session 5. PERT and CPM exercise
Module 7 - Financial management
Session 1. Financial Management 1: Components and information needs
Session 2. Financial Management 2: Planning and budgeting
Session 3. Financial Management 3: Project design and implementation
Session 4. Case study: Faro Arroya
Session 5. Generating funds through consulting as an institutional activity.
Case study: Food Technology Research Institute of Dongal
Module 8 - Research-extension linkage
Single Session: Research-Extension Linkage
Module 9 - Information services and documentation
Session 1. Scientific and technical information in a developing-country
research institution
Session 2: Information as an input to research
Session 3: Information as an output of research
Session 4: Cooperation in national programmes
Session 5: Exercise on barriers to the flow of information
Module 10 - Institute evaluation
Single Session: Institute Evaluation
