Profile Characteristics of Mandal Agricultural Officers of Telangana State

Author: K. Chandra Jyothi, P. Vijaya Lakshmi, I. Sreenivasa Rao and G.E. CH. Vidya Sagar

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Abstract

The present study was undertaken to assess the profile characteristics of Mandal agricultural officers working in the department of Agriculture, Telangana. The study was conducted in three agro climatic zones in Telangana state. Forty mandal agricultural officers from each agro climatic zone were selected randomly. Total 120 respondent -MAOs were selected for the study. The data were collected with the help of interview schedule from respondents at their office. Ex-post facto research design was adopted in this study. The study had shown the results that the majority of MAOs fall under middle age group (35-50 years), more than half of total respondent- MAOs were male, majority were having graduate degree (B.Sc. Agri.) educational qualification with medium professional experience of 7-10 years, more than three fourth opined optimum perceived workload. Majority of the MAOs represented the high level of categories in case of ‘information management’, ‘application of ICTs’ and belonged to medium level category in case of ‘Innovativeness’ ‘organizational culture’ ‘organizational climate’ and ‘job satisfaction’. The challenges of the study where trainees were spread in the entire Telangana state, but the sample size confined to only 120 trainees and the data on most of the aspects is based on the recall memory of the respondents. The findings of this study suggest that job satisfaction, organizational climate and culture can be improved to high category by providing incentives, promotions and rewards based on their performance and providing friendly atmosphere in the work place.

Keywords

Mandal agricultural officers, Department of agriculture, profile characteristics, trainings, Telangana

Conclusion

The present study revealed that majority of the respondent -MAOs are in the medium category for their profile characteristics except in information management and application of ICTs. The results indicated Mandal agricultural officers, being professional graduates has got lot of scope for further improvement of the scores of profile characteristics.

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K. Chandra Jyothi, P. Vijaya Lakshmi, I. Sreenivasa Rao and G.E. CH. Vidya Sagar (2022). Profile Characteristics of Mandal Agricultural Officers of Telangana State. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 14(4): 1082-1085.