Objective and Key Results (OKRs) Strategic Planning Development of a School in Songkhla Province

Abstract

The study aims to achieve the following objectives: 1) to study and analyze the 2021-2024 strategic plan of a school in Songkhla Province, 2) to design the guideline for the strategic plan using OKRs, and 3) to develop the strategic plan using OKRs for the aforementioned school. This study consists of four processes, which are as follows: 1) studying and analyzing the school's strategic plan and designing the guideline strategic plan based on the concept of OKRs, 2) examining the result of the study and analyzing the school's strategic plan and the OKRs strategic plan guideline, 3) improving and developing a new strategic plan corresponding to OKRs, and 4) reviewing the revised strategic plan of the school, which adheres to OKRs. The study involved 15 key informants who were purposively sampled, and included an expert who specialized in OKRs strategic planning, a school director, a head of academic affairs, a head of student affairs, a head of human resources department, a head of general administration department, a head of budgeting department, and eight heads of subject departments. To test the reliability of the research, data were cross-checked using a triangulation method.

The results of the OKRs strategic plan development for a School in Songkhla Province were as follows: 1) The original strategic plan that used Key Performance Indicators (KPI) did not involve teachers in its development, and projects and activities were not related to the strategic plan. In contrast, the OKRs strategy integrated mutual goals and allowed every individual to understand the objectives, which could execute projects and activities in accordance with the strategic plan. Moreover, there were explicit indicators that could measure results in a short time, resulting in efficient revision and improvement. 2) The personnel's involvement in the development of the OKRs strategic plan for the School in Songkhla Province included: 2.1) A direction of educational management consisting of vision, mission, objectives, and strategies. 2.2) The school's strategic framework, including primary objectives and key results. 2.3) The subject's strategic framework, in which the subject's primary objectives were first determined by the school's key results, and its key results were then identified. 2.4) The teacher's strategic framework involving objectives that were determined by the subject's key results and key results. 3) According to the School's vision, five missions, five objectives, and five strategies were identified. In terms of the school's strategic framework, 19 objectives and 44 key results were established. Moreover, the strategic framework at the subject level determined 60 objectives and 145 key results, while 145 objectives and 258 key results were specified in the strategic framework for teachers.