this survey research was conducted to investigate the professional facilitation competencies of agricultural extension experts. the statistical population of the study consisted of all extension practitioners working in different provincial extension departments of the ministry of jihad-e-agriculture. using cochran's formula, 232 extension practitioners were selected as sample using multi-...

the major purpose of this study is to assess the perception of managers in the forest, range and watershedorganization. it is an applied study by using descriptive–correlative method. a questionnaire was developedand data collected from 105 respondents. the validity and reliability of questionnaires was verified. theresults of study show that there was a relationship between educational level, ...

in new organizational approaches, it is necessary to create organizational learning and development through the principles of a learning organization to promote efficiency and productivity of employees and ultimately the organization. the aim of the present study was to investigate organizational learning system in physical education organization based on learning organization dimensions and ah...

the most common and probable starting point in the literature for definition of quality of life (qol) was generally attributed to a warning that the area would be full of confusion and complexity. the study results showed that qol of rural households can be categorized into three main groups: low, medium, and high. besides, it suggests that there is no significant relationship between the qol a...

the purpose of this research was to study participative management and resistance to change dimensions as well as to survey their relationship in physical education organization and physical education department of ministry of education. for this purpose, 126 experts of physical education organization and 38 experts of physical education department of ministry of education were selected. data w...

the main purpose of this study was to investigate the level of agricultural extension entrepreneurship in the process of sustainable agricultural development. the statistical population of the study was composed of agricultural extension experts (n=2882). the method of sampling was a systematic random sampling one. questionnaire was the means employed for data collection. questionnaire validati...

Globally, ministries of agriculture, universities, and the private sector employ more than 600,000 extension agents (Swanson, Farmer, and Bahal 1990). In the past, extension services, largely public, were equated with the transfer of agricultural production technology in pre-determined “packages”. Extension systems are now understood to be much broader and more diverse, including public and pri...