Praticipative Management Affecting School Administration Towards Excellence Under Local Administrative Organizations In Sumut Songkhram Province

Abstract

This research aimed to: 1) study the level of participative management of school administrators; 2) study the level of school administration towards excellence; and 3) analyze the participative management of school administrators affecting the school administration towards excellence. The research sample was 125 teachers under the local administrative organizations in Samut Songkhram Province, derived by proportional stratified random sampling as distributed by district. The research instrument was a questionnaire. Statistics used for data analysis were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and stepwise multiple regression analysis.

            The research results were as follows:

1. Overall and in specific aspects, the participative management of school administrators was at a high level. The aspects were shared vision, achievement, appreciative inquiry, teamwork, and world view, respectively.
2. Overall and in specific aspects, the administration towards excellence was at a high level. The aspects were shared values, administrative structure, administration behavior, strategy management, staff operational skills, staff administration, and system and operational methods, respectively. 3) The participative management of school administrators in the aspects of teamwork (X₃), shared vision (X₄), and achievement (X₅) were factors affecting school administration towards excellence (Y_tot). These collectively predicted the quality of the school administration towards excellence at the percentage of 36 with a statistical significance level of .01. The regression equation was: _tot= 2.30 + 0.28(X₃) + 0.57(X₄) + 0.20(X₅).