Competence Statistics of Agricultural Jahad Managers

In any organization and office, management is very important as a key factor in improving performance and improving the quality of services provided by that office. For this purpose, it is essential to have managers with the necessary competencies and strong management abilities. Therefore, the purpose of this research was to evaluate the competencies of agricultural Jihad managers with a qualitative approach. This research is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative in nature which was analyzed. In the first stage, qualitative method and in-depth interviews were used to identify the components of the model. In the qualitative section, 15 experts, including academic professors of public administration and senior managers of the Ministry of Jihad and Agriculture, were selected in a targeted manner. In order to analyze the data of the qualitative part, the theme analysis method was used using MaxQuda software. The results of the qualitative part showed that it included 219 primary themes, 91 organized themes, 38 comprehensive themes and 5 main themes including economic competence, professional-management competence, moral-religious competence, political competence, cultural-social competence. Considering the importance of the Ministry of Agricultural Jihad in the development of our country, it is very important to have managers with the necessary competencies and strong management abilities. Also, according to these qualifications, managers of agricultural jihad can play an important role in sustainable development and increasing productivity in agriculture and natural resources of the country. These competencies are needed as an important guide for the selection and development of agricultural jihad managers.