Management Skills in the 21st Century of School Administrators under the Office of Private Education Commission, Bangkok

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were 1) to study the management skills in the 21^st century of school administrators; and 2) to study the process of self-development of administrators according to the management in the 21^st century under the Office of Private Education Commission, Bangkok. It was a mixed-methods research. Step 1 was a quantitative research. The sample group used in the research was 377 teachers under the Office of the Private Education Commission, Bangkok. The sample was randomly selected by means of area division, divided into 50 districts in Bangkok. Then, a simple proportional random sampling method was used. The instrument used in this research was a checklist questionnaire. The quality of the instrument had a reliability of 0.91. Data were analyzed using statistics, namely mean and standard deviation. Step 2 was a qualitative research involved interviewing 8 key informants. The sample was purposively selected. The instrument was a semi-structured interview. Data was analyzed by content analysis. The research results found that 1) overall, the management skills in the 21^st century were at a high level. The ranking from the highest to lowest averages were: personnel development skills, creativity and visionary leadership skills, digital technology and innovation skills, and communication and community relations skills; 2) the process of self-development of administrators according to the concept of management in the 21^st century found that communication and community relations skills consisted of 8 processes, creativity skills consisted of 8 processes, digital technology and innovation skills consisted of 8 development processes, visionary leadership skills consisted of 8 processes, and personnel development skills consisted of 8 processes.