Strategic management and student quality in the schools under Sumutsakhon Samutsongkram Secondary Educational Service Area Office

Abstract

          The purpose of this research were to determine: 1) strategic management in the schools, 2) student quality in the schools, and 3) the relationship between strategic management and student quality in the schools. The sample were 19 schools under Samutsakhon Samutsongkram Secondary Educational Service Area Office. The respondents from each school were a school director or deputy director and a teacher, totally 38 respondents. The research instrument was a questionnaire about strategic management based on Wheelan and Other's concepts and student quality based on The Educational Standards for Internal Quality Assurance in Schools. The statistics were frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and Pearson’s Product Moment Correlation Coefficient. The research found that: 1) Strategic management in the schools under Samutsakhon Samutsongkram Secondary Educational Service Area Office, as a whole and each aspect, were at the highest level, ranking from the highest to the lowest arithmetic mean; strategy implementation, strategy formulation, environmental scanning, and evaluation and control. 2) Student quality in the schools under Samutsakhon Samutsongkram Secondary Educational Service Area Office, as a whole was at a high level. When considered in each aspect, it was found 1 aspect was at the highest level and 1 aspect was at a high level, ranking from the highest to the lowest arithmetic mean; desirable student characteristics and academic performance. 3) The relationship between strategic management and student quality in the schools under Samutsakhon Samutsongkram Secondary Educational Service Area Office was found at .05 level of significance.