Management of Change in a Self-Access Learning Centre

Abstract

The management of self-access centres is an interesting and challenging job; in fact, it is so challenging that managers of such centres often have to consider whether they want merely to maintain the existing state or, since change will not come overnight or without sustained effort, persist with the long-term extra work involved in being leaders for change. This paper aims to show how, after a decade in existence, major changes were initiated and implemented in the Self-Access Learning Centre (SALC) at King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT). In doing so, it is hoped that it can serve as a useful example to managers of other self-access centres who are contemplating change.