Interagency communication and coordination in rural development in two Philippine coconut farming communities / Eufemio L. Calio.

Thesis (Ph.D. - - Development Communication) University of the Philippines, College, Laguna.

Includes bibliographical references.

CALIO, EUFEMIO L, University of the Philippines at Los Befios, September 1984, Interagency Communication and Coordination in Rural Development in Two Philippine Coconut Farming Communities. Major Professor: Dr, Ely D, Gomez

The study primarily aimed to assess the level of inter agency communication, the extent of interagency coordination, and their consequences in rural development 2s perceived by the service-oriented system and the client system in two selected coconut farming communities, It also attempted to describe the organizational factors that served as inputs into the interagency set-up 2s well as to determine the communication network in the client system and to establish any relationship among the major variables.

A total of 201 individuals served as respondents, The service-oriented system respondents implementing the joint projects and activities consisted of 12 local heads of service agencies, 11 barangay council members, and 8 barangay integrated development workers. The client system consisted of 170 housewives representing households selected randomly from barangays Sta. Ana and San Antonio II of San Pablo City.

The data were gathered using the case study and the survey methods, The data were further verified and supplemented by key informants. Percentages, frequency counts, means, chi-square test and contingency coefficient were used to analyze the data.

The study revealed a generally high level of interagency communication as manifested through individual, group, and mass contacts and a relatively high extent of interagency coordination exhibited through joint projects and activities. Since interagency communication and coordination operated on a lead agency concept with each agency leading in each program component, the management and supervisory staff provided the rallying point for the interagency set-up. Functional consequences of interagency communication and coordination were evidenced by the presence of activities performed and resources made available as planned under the integrated rural development program. Despite the low level of living of the client system, the study showed a relatively active social participation and favorable attitudes towards rural efforts.

Likewise, organizational factors, both intraorganizational and interorganizational, served as inputs and facilitated the interagency communication and coordination of participating entities under the integrated rural development program utilizing nutrition as entry point. The communication network analysis demonstrated that local indigenous channels particularly the barangay captain, the councilmen, and the BIDW s, played significant linkage roles in the interagency set-up under the IRD program, Moreover, significant relationship between inter agency communication and interagency coordination and their consequences in rural development was established, Significant relationship between selected organizational variables end inter agency communication and coordination was also established,

To achieve the desired consequences on the client and the service-oriented systems, end to provide the impetus of initiating the rural poor into the mainstream of rural development 2s well es to strengthen the relatively week interagency set-up, an organizational scheme utilizing interagency communication and coordination enhanced by people involvement at the city and barangay levels for an integrated rural development program is proposed,

Submitted to the University Library 10/26/1993 T-1543