STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS UNDER THE OFFICE OF PHATTHALUNG SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA

Abstract

The objectives of this independent study were to: 1) Study the strategic management of school administrators under the Office of Phatthalung Secondary Educational Service Area; and 2) Compare the strategic management of school administrators under the Office of Phatthalung Secondary Educational Service Area, according to teachers' opinions. The teachers were classified by education level, work experience, and school size. The sample group was 269 teachers under the Office of Phatthalung Secondary Educational Service Area, academic year 2024. They were selected by stratified random sampling according to the school size. The statistics used in this study were percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, Independent Sample Test, and One-way Anova. The results showed that: 1) The strategic management of school administrators under the Office of Phatthalung Secondary Educational Service Area, in a whole aspect, was at the highest level. When considering each aspect, it was both at a high level and the highest level. 2) Compare the strategic management of school administrators under the Office of Phatthalung Secondary Educational Service Area; according to teachers' opinions, in a whole aspect, it was no difference. When considering each aspect, it was found that environmental inspections were significantly different at a statistical level of .01. When classified by work experience, in a whole aspect, it was different with statistical significance at the .05 level. When considering each aspect, it was found that the aspect of Control and Evaluation was statistically significant at the .01 level. In the aspects of Strategy Formulation, Strategy Implementation, and Environmental Monitoring, there were statistically significant differences at the .001 level. When classified by school size, in both a whole aspect and each aspect, there were no differences.