Integrated Management Model for Learning Organization on Sufficiency Economy in Small School, Thailand

Abstract

1. IntroductionThe basic concepts of sufficiency economy will lead to self-reliance education that based on the principles of Thai life styles. By depending on the aim of this sufficiency economy, it will channel the Thai people for their holistic development. Therefore the implementation of the sufficiency economy should become guidelines for school management. This mentioned concept is known as 'The philosophy of sufficiency economy'. The ninth and tenth National Economic and Social Development Plans (2002-2011) have included the sufficiency economy which was granted by His Majesty the King since 1974 as guideline philosophy for governing and developing the country. Owing to the major emphasis is on 'moderation', applying the philosophy of sufficiency economy will lead the country to overcome the economic crisis and further stabling the system. Additionally, it will help to improve quality of the society with sustainability under the rapid changing of globalization. The people will become more considerate of economic well being, reasonableness and keep up to the changing world.One of the important components that complementing integrated management is the learning organization that focusing on team learning and the development of learning leadership. This team learning would encompass the transfer of knowledge as well as the exchange of experiences and skills among the personnel. Therefore it would lead to the continuity in organizational development that assists the organization being able to keep up the momentum to change and being competitiveness. The establishment of leaning organization will create the system for the personnel learn to work effectively and efficiently. At the moment the personnel being able to transfer their working experience into learning process and gain some understanding, their readiness to cope with the change will be established. This approach will provide the opportunities for the team grows by gaining the empowerment. This will motivate personnel to be initiative and innovative. Consequently, the philosophy of sufficiency economy will lead to strong and self-reliance organization when facing competitiveness situations (Senge, 1994).The main principle of the integrated management model is the benefits of the customers. The key factor that included specifically in the mentioned model is the leaders' management style. Therefore, the school leaders need to take the full responsibilities and play their specified roles to ensure that all the tasks can be achieved from the beginning stage until the end stage of accomplishment. In other word, they have to utilize their leadership skills, meaning to say that they must react fast, their actions are based on good information, thus they must have their own opinion, good team work complemented with the monitoring and evaluation teams. Under the integrated management model, strategic approach is employed along the administrative work. There are four key supporting factors that need to consider by the leaders in order to accomplish the task. The key supporting factors are update data for decision making, specify main strategies and sub-strategies, management with good governance and follow and evaluate in management work continuously (Thuan Thongkaew, 2010).2. Problem Statement:The current school management needs to be developed continuously under the assisting changing society and thus identify an appropriate model as reference. Due to the school as a prime teaching and learning organization under the administration of the school director, therefore the school leaders have to develop their capabilities in every aspect in order to successfully managing the schools in the rapid changing world whereby the changing situation are encompassing all aspects, namely materials, society and environment.At present, there are some problems specifically faced by the small school which have their students' enrollment below 120, reported by the Office of National Primary Education Commission (1996). …