Guidelines for Development Soft Skills of School Administrators under the Nakhon Ratchasima Primary Educational Service Area Office 4

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study, compare the study classified by work experience, and to study the guidelines for development soft skills of school administrators                    under the Nakhon Ratchasima primary educational service area office 4, using a mixed method research. The sample group consisted of 123 school administrators, obtained
by simple random sampling, the simple size was determined using the table of Krejcie and Morgan. The Research tools are questionnaires with a confidence value of 0.98 and
semi-structured interviews. Statistics used in data analysis include frequency distribution, percentage, average deviation, T-test, and analytical qualitative data from interviews using content analysis methods and summarized in order. The research found that 1) Soft skills of school administrators, the overall are at a high level. The highest mean was the Interpersonal relationship skills, followed by the teamwork skills, and the lowest mean was the analytical thinking skills. 2)  Comparison the Soft skills of school administrators classified to the work experience, overall differences and the aspect that does not differences was the professionalism skills. and 3) Guidelines for development Soft skills of school administrators Learning skills development guidelines for school administrators should understand the content they want to communicate with choose the right channels, convince personnel to create a good working atmosphere, apply democratic principles to work properly and set a good example for staff in all areas. Help and find solutions when problems arise. There is a continuous process of research in the organization and act together.