IJAER

International Journal of Agriculture and Environmental Research™

ISSN 2455-6939

Title:
DIAGNOSIS OF ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURAL SMEs, PROVINCE OF LOS RIOS, ECUADOR

Authors:
Paula Marisol Plaza Zambrano, Blanca Blanco Campins

Abstract:
Agriculture is one of the main strategic areas for the development of countries; the products and derivatives of agriculture are destined to satisfy the food needs of the human being worldwide and contribute to the economic and social growth of the countries. In Ecuador, agriculture is considered a strategic objective for the country's growth and development: agricultural SMEs are a component of this objective because of the specificity of their assets (soil, water, and climate) valued as unique resources for the transformation of the local productive apparatus and economic growth of the country. Agricultural SMEs are made up of natural resources, human talent and capital, as well as internal and external factors that condition their production. The administrative management is the process of planning, organization, command and control undertaken by one or more people to coordinate the activities of the different functional areas of the company. Administrative management plays an important role in the efficient management of these resources through the application of a set of rules and techniques that contribute to business performance. The study of how producers use resources (land, labor and capital), how they plan changes in resource use and how they can improve that use, belongs to the field of administrative management of the agricultural enterprise. The administrative management is the discipline that is dedicated to the study and training of specialists in directing human work as a team in order to raise the competitiveness and sustainability of the company. The agricultural activity that takes place in SMEs follows the same rules of organization of the productive process as in other companies of different activity, however the management of production is conditioned to the environment of the company, due to the biological nature of its process, The dependence of the climate and the conditions of each particular soil; Entails heterogeneous technical and economic holdings subject to risk and uncertainty. The agricultural SMEs in Latin America, the administrative management developed by agricultural SMEs does not respond to a planning process, Defined organizational structures, the command is centralized and have few control systems, adopting tools and management techniques in isolation that does not allow them to grow and develop in a highly competitive market. The importance of agriculture in the world economy and especially in Ecuador as a strategic objective for the growth and development of the country, agricultural SMEs are a major component to achieve this goal, which is why it is important to realize A diagnosis that allows to know if in the administrative management that the agricultural SMEs of the province of LosRios, Ecuador make use of the planning, organization, control and control in the business management.

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