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Professional Values And The Florida Cooperative Extension Service: Developing A Foundation For Strategic Planning, Mary Speece Williams
Professional Values And The Florida Cooperative Extension Service: Developing A Foundation For Strategic Planning, Mary Speece Williams
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
This qualitative study was undertaken to determine the organizational values shared by the professional employees of the Florida Cooperative Extension Service. Related topics that contributed to the literature review included human and organizational values, organizational culture, strategic planning, and the philosophical foundations of the Cooperative Extension Service.
Focus group interviews were conducted in each of the five administrative districts and on the University of Florida Campus. A total of 40 individuals took part in the group interviews. Transcripts of the interviews were read, coded, and sorted by themes to develop a list of twelve categories of values shared by the …