TY - JOUR ID - TI - EXTENSION PROGRAMS PLANNING UNDER COMPREHENSIVE QUALITY STANDARDS IN SOME MIDDLE PROVINCES OF IRAQ تخطيط البرامج الارشادية في ظل معايير الجودة الشاملة في بعض محافظات المنطقة الوسطى من العراق AU - M.J.M.Al-zaidy محمد جاسم مطشر الزيدي AU - A.A.Naji اشواق عبد الرزاق ناجي PY - 2016 VL - 47 IS - 5 SP - 1246 EP - 1253 JO - Iraqi Journal of Agricultural Sciences مجلة العلوم الزراعية العراقية SN - 00750530 24100862 AB - The research aimed to determine the overall quality standards through literature and specialists and overall quality experts , and to identifying the applied level by managers in some provinces of the central region . In order to achieve the objectives of the research , the researcher developed five scale ranging from grades ' ( 0-4 ) degree for the purpose of identifying the level of application of total quality standards for program planning by managers in the provinces of the central region , included (73) items distributed on (10) axes and ( 4) field (inputs , processes , outputs , feedback ) . The research was conducted on a random sample of 50% of Iraqi middle provinces ( Baghdad , Karblaa , Najaf , Wasit ) . A random sample about 39% of the agricultural divisions of these provinces of 20 agricultural divisions were chosen . The sample of respondents was 96 , 7 of them ( general manager , two assistants of the general manager and heads of the technical departments) were in department of agricultural extension and training , 15 of them ( the managers of agricultural directorates and the heads of agricultural extension and Heads of departments of planning in those offices) , 60 of them person ( heads of agricultural divisions and the officials of the units of agricultural extension and planning ), 4 of them ( managers of extensional training centers ) 10 of them of extension farms officials in the chosen research provinces . Results have showed that the level of application of total quality standards for planning and agricultural extension programs by managers in some provinces of the central region , by (50% ) The researcher recommende the adoption of the search results by the Ministry of Agriculture/ Planning Department to improve the agricultural extension programs planning process : Also the researcher recommended the need to review budgets and financial measures to ensure the provision of the necessary work indicative items on time , and its importance that the extension organization has independent operational budget on all levels , and to be distributed to the terms and aspects of exchange of field activities.

The research aimed to determine the overall quality standards through literature and specialists and overall quality experts , and to identifying the applied level by managers in some provinces of the central region . In order to achieve the objectives of the research , the researcher developed five scale ranging from grades ' ( 0-4 ) degree for the purpose of identifying the level of application of total quality standards for program planning by managers in the provinces of the central region , included (73) items distributed on (10) axes and ( 4) field (inputs , processes , outputs , feedback ) . The research was conducted on a random sample of 50% of Iraqi middle provinces ( Baghdad , Karblaa , Najaf , Wasit ) . A random sample about 39% of the agricultural divisions of these provinces of 20 agricultural divisions were chosen . The sample of respondents was 96 , 7 of them ( general manager , two assistants of the general manager and heads of the technical departments) were in department of agricultural extension and training , 15 of them ( the managers of agricultural directorates and the heads of agricultural extension and Heads of departments of planning in those offices) , 60 of them person ( heads of agricultural divisions and the officials of the units of agricultural extension and planning ), 4 of them ( managers of extensional training centers ) 10 of them of extension farms officials in the chosen research provinces . Results have showed that the level of application of total quality standards for planning and agricultural extension programs by managers in some provinces of the central region , by (50% ) The researcher recommende the adoption of the search results by the Ministry of Agriculture/ Planning Department to improve the agricultural extension programs planning process : Also the researcher recommended the need to review budgets and financial measures to ensure the provision of the necessary work indicative items on time , and its importance that the extension organization has independent operational budget on all levels , and to be distributed to the terms and aspects of exchange of field activities. ER -