TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smitha Baby 
AU  - Joy Mathew (Guide)
TI  - Quality management in agricultural research in Kerala Agricultural University - A critical analysis
U1  - 630.71 
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Vellanikkara
PB  - Department of Agricultural Extension, College of Horticulture
N2  - The study on "Quality management in agricultural research in Kerala Agricultural 
University - A critical analysis" was conducted with the objective of analyzing the 
quality management related to agricultural research in Kerala Agricultural University. 
The respondents of the study comprised of 55 agricultural scientists who were the 
principal investigators of the externally aided projects completed after 1995 in the central 
zone. 
Ten critical dimensions of quality management in agricultural research were 
identified and their perceived importance in deciding the final quality of agricultural 
research were analysed. Research problem identification emerged as the most important 
dimension of quality management in agricultural research, followed by formulation of 
objectives, research methodology, literature review, data generation, data analysis, 
results and implications, project title, reporting, and bibliography in their descending 
order of importance. 
A composite scale was developed tor quantifying quality management in 
agricultural research and applied to the selected sample. A good majority of the 
respondents (75%) showed a high level of quality management in their research work. 
The remaining 25% belonged to the 'medium' group of quality management. 
The influence of selected personal, psychological, job/ organizational 
characteristics on quality .managementin agricultural research was studied. Scope for 
personal development and task identity were the two independent variables that showed 
a positive and significant correlation with quality management in agricultural research. 
Five independent variables viz. experience, technical competence, scope for 
personal development, job satisfaction and task identity together contributed 27.64 
per cent variation in quality management, out of the total 29.3 per cent variation 
constituted by all the 14 independent variables. 
Job satisfaction and task identity showed their maximum indirect effect through 
scope for personal development. Experience had its maximum indirect effect on quality 
management through technical competence. 
 
	
The critical problems related to quality management in agricultural research in 
Kerala Agricultural University were analysed. Inadequate and insufficient mechanism for 
planning and determining research priorities and cumbersome and time consuming 
procedures for committing and using research funds were perceived to be the two most 
important problems. 
The study, it is believed, could bring out the subtle details of quality management 
concept in agricultural research, which would provide deeper insight to the policy 
makers and top management of the University on how to cultivate and foster this vital 
value in the field of agricultural research. 


UR  - http://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810104547
ER  -