A Model for Developing Teamwork for Rajabhat University Lecturers

Abstract

The purposes of the research were to 1) study necessary elements of a model for developing teamwork for Rajabhat University lecturers, 2) construct the model for developing teamwork for Rajabhat University lecturers, and 3) evaluate the constructed model for developing teamwork for Rajabhat University lecturers. The samples were 560 lecturers from 38 Rajabhat Universities in Thailand. The research instrument was a questionnaire. The statistics used to analyze data was factor analysis.

The research findings were as follows.

            1.The necessary elements of the model for developing the teamwork for the Rajabhat University lecturers consisted of 13 elements: good relationship in the team, clearly working systems, ability of the team, leadership of the leader, knowledge management processes in the team, team confidence, balance assignments, positive thinking of the team members, effective communication, appropriateness of the team development, similarity of commitment, effectiveness of works, and clear goals.

1. The model for developing the teamwork for the Rajabhat University lecturers combined with four procedures. The first procedure was the planning of the teamwork managed under two basic principles of the teamwork, namely, the clear goals and the similarity of the commitment. The second procedure was the management of the team structures managed under the three basic principles of the teamwork, namely, the clear working systems, the knowledge management processes within the team, and the balance assignments. The third procedure was the characteristics of the team managed under the six basic principles of the teamwork, namely, the good relationship in the team, the ability of the team, the leadership of the leaders, the team confidence, the effective communication, and the positive thinking of the team members. The fourth procedure was the evaluation of the team managed under the two basic principles of the team, namely, the appropriateness of the team development and the effectiveness of the teamwork.
2. The findings of the evaluation of the model for developing the teamwork for the Rajabhat University lecturers revealed that in the overall, the mean score was at a high level.