The task of preparing a training manual on Agricultural Research Institute Management began with the FAO Expert Consultation on Strategies for Research Management Training in Africa, held at the International Livestock Centre for Africa (ILCA), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 12-16 December 1983. Following the recommendations of the consultation, and on the basis of the curriculum design adopted, FAO embarked upon the preparation of this manual. In the process of its preparation, many agricultural research managers and management specialists have contributed. Besides the two main consultants, namely Dr Ronald P. Black, Denver Research Institute, University of Denver, USA, who prepared the first draft, and Dr V.N. Asopa, Professor at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India, who prepared the current version of the manual, the contribution of the following specialists in various fields must be singled out: Ramesh Bhat, J. Casas, A.K. Jain, F.S. Kanwar, V. Martinson, Gopal Naik, P. Nath, R.K. Patel, T.P. Rama Rao, S.K. Sharma, E.S. Tayengco, and J.S. Woolston. FAO expresses its gratitude to them all.
Special thanks are due to the International Service for National Agricultural Research (ISNAR), which has willingly made available its valuable experience and relevant materials throughout the preparation of the manual.
FAO also thanks all those authors and publishers who have allowed the use of copyright material from their publications, even though the courtesy is recognized in each case.
This manual has been prepared under the responsibility of the Research Development Centre, Research and Technology Development Division, FAO, with the guidance of:
Mohamed S. Zehni, former Director; and J.H. Monyo, E. Venezian, B. Muller-Haye and Mohamed S. Zehni, past Chiefs of the Research Development Centre. Scientific supervision was provided by G. Beye, Senior Officer, now Chief, Research and Technology Development Service.
MODULE 4
LEADERSHIP, MOTIVATION, TEAM BUILDING AND CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
This module consists of six sessions:
1. LEADERSHIP
2. MOTIVATION
3. TEAM BUILDING
4. THE IRRI AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT PROGRAMME CASE STUDY: IRRI MANAGEMENT COMPARES IRRI WITH DEVELOPING COUNTRY RESEARCH INSTITUTES
5. CONFLICT MANAGEMENT
6. DR AGADIR (CASE STUDY)
The issues discussed in the reading notes on leadership, motivation and team building provide the required conceptual background for discussing the IRRI case study. The resource person may wish to first conduct three separate sessions on leadership, on motivation and on team building, followed by a case analysis session. If time is limited, it might be more appropriate to cover leadership, motivation and team building as integral elements of the case discussion. In that case, participants would be expected to come prepared for the class. Discussion would then focus on the case, using the conceptual knowledge gained from the reading notes.
The reading note on conflict management is intended to provide the conceptual basis for discussing the Dr Agadir case study. Here again, the resource person might wish to conduct a session on conflict management around the reading note, and then discuss the case in another session. Alternatively, the case could be discussed in a plenary session, using the conceptual framework from the reading note. The resource person handling the issues of leadership, motivation and conflict management should be fully conversant with the latest theoretical developments in these areas.
