Authors : Chuthaphon Bunwan, Kowat Tesputa and Prasit Nimchinda
Abstract: From an analysis of the organizational contexts to find out
strategies for developing government officials and personnel of vocational education,
it has been found that knowledge management in educational institution offices
has not yet been systematic; there are limited access channels to the body of
knowledge and organizations lack good learning and good governance. The purposes
of this study were to develop a model of learning organization at a technical
college and to examine outcomes of implementing the model of learning organization
at Suwannaphum Technical college using the mixed methodology research. The research
stages consisted of drafting the model of learning organization at the Technical
College having the obtained model checked by experts and having the model tried
out at Suwannaphum Technical College. The instruments used for collecting data
were a questionnaire for checking the model, a note-taking form on academic
seminar outcomes, a note-taking form on brainstorming outcomes, an evaluation
form on coverage of learning organization plans, an evaluation form on teachers
teaching and an evaluation form on the project. The statistics used for analyzing
the collected data were mean ()
and Standard Deviation (SD). The study findings revealed that the model of being
organization learning at the technical college consisted of these factors: structure,
vision, mission, context and culture, instructional leadership, communication,
knowledge management and transference, technology and information, team learning,
encouragement and motivation, personnel development and evaluation. For the
outcomes of trying out the model of being learning organization at Suwannaphum
Technical college by means of seminar at the organization level, it was found
that 15 underlying projects were obtained and for developing learning organization
plans at the department level for evaluating the projects their opinions were
at a high level. The model tryout through the projects at the organization and
department levels could help generate development of learning organization at
Suwannaphum Technical College and could respond to the factors of being learning
organization.
Chuthaphon Bunwan, Kowat Tesputa and Prasit Nimchinda, 2010. Developing a Model of Learning Organization at a Technical College. The Social Sciences, 5: 538-544.