Overview of general management concepts and applications including the evolution and the development of management thought (classical management theories and principles); understanding (formal) organizations with reference to public and private farmer-led organizations. Analysis of the management process including key management concepts: (power, authority, responsibility and accountability, delegation and discipline); management functions (planning, organizing, supervising, controlling); and staffing and human resource development with a gender perspective (in staff recruitment, selection, placement and supervision), especially in agricultural service organizations of the public and private nature.