The Strategies for Knowledge Management of Phrapariyattidhamma Schools, General Education Department, KhonKaen Province

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study the components and indicators of knowledge management, to study the current situation and the desirable conditions of knowledge management, and to develop the strategies for the desirable knowledge management of Phrapariyattidhamma schools, general education department, KhonKaen province. The informants included 36 school administrators and 196 teachers, with the total number of 232 people. The sample size was determined by R.V.Krejcie& D.W. Morgan (1970) by using stratified random sampling method. The research instruments were component evaluation and 5-level rating scale questionnaire with value of Index of Item–Objective Congruence (IOC) between 0.80-1.00 and reliability at 0.98.4 The statistics used for data analysis comprised mean, standard deviation and reliability.

The research results were found that:

                   1.The current situation of knowledge managementof Phrapariyattidhamma schools, general education department, KhonKaen province, in overall, was rated at a moderate level. When considering in each aspect, it was found that the aspect with the most practice was knowledge recording, the desirable conditions of knowledge management of Phrapariyattidhamma schools, general education department, KhonKaen province, In overall, was found that it was rated at the highest level.

                   2.The strategies for the desirable knowledge management of Phrapariyattidhamma schools, general education department, KhonKaen province, with the goal to develop students to be qualified people in accordance with the purpose of knowledge management of Phrapariyattidhamma schools, general education department, KhonKaen province, consisted of 6 strategies, namely 1)knowledgedetermination, 2)searching for knowledge, 3) improvement/creation of knowledge 4)application of knowledge 5) exchange of knowledge and 6) knowledge recording.