IMPLEMENTION OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT TO MAHAMAKUT BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY, SRILANCHANG CAMPUS

Abstract

               The objectives of the research were to study the implemention of knowledge management (KM) of Mahamakut Buddhist University, Srilanchang Campus, and to provide with the guideline on the development of KM implementation of Mahamakut Buddhist University, Srilanchang Campus. The study was conducted through the mixed method research (MMR) between the quantitative approach and the qualitative approach. The target group was a total of 55 employees of Mahamakut Buddhist University, Srilanchang Campus (MBUSLC). The research instrument used for quantitative data collection was the five-level rating scale questionnaire, but the focus group discussion was the tool used for qualitative data collection from seventeen key informants who were involved with MBUSLC KM. The statistics used for data analysis comprised frequency distribution, percentage, arithmetic mean, and standard deviation; the content analysis was utilized to analyze the qualitative data.

               The research results were as follows:

1. The implemention of knowledge management of Mahamakut Buddhist University, Srilanchang Campus was found to be overall and separately at a high level. Separately considered in the descending order, knowledge note-taking, required knowledge acquisition and creation, needed knowledge identification, appropriate knowledge improvement and development, and knowledge application and knowledge sharing process.


2. The guidelines on the development of KM implemention of Mahamakut Buddhist University, Srilanchang Campus were as follows: 1. Needed knowledge identification meant the knowledge identification to the excellence of the organization, and the knowledge identification in accordance with the administrative guidelines of the university. 2. The required knowledge acquisition and creation was building academic networks or inviting speakers for lectures. 3. The appropriate knowledge improvement and development was the promotion of the research as a tool for knowledge management to innovative creation, and team working across the lines. 4. The application of knowledge and knowledge sharing process consisted of the assessment of operational performance from participation in knowledge management activities, the abilities of knowledge application, and the knowledge implementation to the academic services. The knowledge note-taking was referred to the knowledge presentation in a wide range of formations.