The objective of this course is to provide students with the operational dynamics, management processes, and human relations within institutions in the agricultural and food sectors, framed by the disciplines of agricultural organization and organizational behavior. The course covers human behavior in agricultural enterprises, work design, internal-external communication networks, the impacts of globalization on labor and employment, managerial functions, and organizational models of agricultural cooperatives and the food sector, aiming to equip students with the theoretical capacity to effectively coordinate agricultural organizations.

Introduction to organizational behavior and the core focus areas of the discipline. Analysis of human behavior, work structures, and working order within agricultural and managerial processes. Communication mechanisms of agricultural organizations with internal and external environments. Reflections of globalization, changing workforce dynamics, new employment strategies, and information technologies on agricultural organization. Core functions of agricultural managers, models of organizational structures in agriculture, the socioeconomic importance of producer organizations and cooperatives, and organizational structures in the food value chain.