Program

• Is a prospect, list of events, plan of procedure.
• Derived from Latin word pro means before and “Graphien” means to write.
• According to USDA 1956 an extension program is arrived at cooperatively by local people and extension personnel and includes the statement of

1. The situation in which the people are located
2. The problem that are a part of local situation
3. The objective and goal of people in relation to these problems
4. The recommendation to reach these objectives on a long term & short-term basis

Planning

• Derived from Latin word “Planta” means sole of the foot means which provides base for an
• organizational body to stand on.
• In general planning means an outline, draft, map or schemes, for making or doing or arranging something Program planning.
• Program planning answers the question of six Ws i.e. What, Why, How, When, Where and whom?

Goals

• Are desired outcomes or targets.
• They guide management decisions and form the criterion against which work results are measured.
• Are two types : Stated goals and Real goals.

i) Stated goals—official statements of what an organization says, and what it wants its stakeholders to believe, its goals are.

ii) Real goals—those goals an organization actually pursues—observe what organizational members are doing. Actions define priorities.