The Best Administrative Strategies of the Small-sized Schools under the Jurisdiction of the Basic Education Commission in Northeastern Thailand

Abstract

The research aimed 1) to study the strategy factors Concerning the best administrative strategies, 2) to construct and develop the administrative strategies in question and 3) to evaluate a suitability, possibility and usefulness of the best administrative strategies.  The research was divided into three stages. Stage one examined the basic information necessary for the development of the strategies.  Stage two constructed and developed the strategies. Stage three was concerned with an evaluation of suitability, possibility and usefulness of the strategies.  The research instruments were records, documentary analysis, interviews, a questionnaire, an evaluation form for an environment and an evaluation for suitability, possibility and usefulness. Statistics used in data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation.

               The research findings were as follows.

1. The basic information necessary for the development of the best administrative

strategies consisted of vision, mission, objectives, indicators, organizational leadership, personnel development in the school, communal participation, innovation and technology, and outcomes.

1. The development of the best administrative strategies comprised vision,

mission, objectives, strategic issues, indicators, organizational leadership,  personnel development in the school, communal participation, innovation and technology, and outcomes. The results produced 5 strategies, 49 measures and 49 indicators.               

               3 As regards an evaluation of the best administrative strategies in terms of suitability, possibility and usefulness, it was found that the evaluation averaged at a high level in all aspects. In addition, the evaluation in terms of the usefulness of the strategies in the study averaged at the highest level.