Supporting the Critical Administrative Leadership Role of County Directors

Authors

David Campbell, University of California, DavisFollow
Jim Grieshop, University of California, DavisFollow
Al Sokolow, University of California, DavisFollow
Joan Wright, University of California, DavisFollow

Volume

42

Issue

2

Abstract

With a foot in both the university and local communities, Cooperative Extension county directors have unique opportunities to network, scan opportunities, identify assets, design and market programs, build public support, and solve problems. A survey of the administrative workload, satisfactions, and frustrations of California county directors finds these leadership roles are insufficiently supported. The data suggest the need to 1) alter merit review policies to reward community connections and networking, 2) reinvent university support bureaucracies to treat county directors as valued customers, and 3) reassert a robust vision of county-based Extension at the highest levels of the organization.

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Recommended Citation

Campbell, D., Grieshop, J., Sokolow, A., & Wright, J. (2004). Supporting the Critical Administrative Leadership Role of County Directors. The Journal of Extension, 42(2), Article 6. https://open.clemson.edu/joe/vol42/iss2/6