ADMINISTRATION STRATEGIES IN BUDDHIST UNIVERSITY FOR ASEAN COMMUNITY

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study the current situations, problems, and requirements of administration in Buddhist universities and to provide strategic suggestions of administration in Buddhist universities to support ASEAN community. The data were collected from 357 personnel of Mahamakut Buddhist university and Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya university through questionnaires and from experts through structured in-depth interview. The data were analyzed by percentage, standard deviation, and content analysis.

              Results of the study found that:

The current situation of administration to support ASEAN community of Buddhist universities was at the moderate level overall. For each aspect, academic administration was at the high level, general administration, budget administration, and administration structure were at the moderate levels, and human resource administration was at the low level. These indicated that the administration in Buddhist universities did not truly support ASEAN community. The problems might come from traditional administration structure; qualified personnel had no chance to work with their full capability, and the limited budget and budget was mainly spent in the headquarters. The requirements of personnel were to adjust and improve administration structure, flexible rules and regulations of the universities, human resource-oriented administration and administration process system development with the aim at modern state administration under the good governance and in conform to ASEAN community.

In terms of administration strategy in Buddhist universities to support ASEAN community are as follows; (1) graduate production and development for excellence based on Buddhism with providing of variety courses as integration with Buddhism for production of graduate in high moral, knowledge and professional skill in all departments according to universal standard for competition either at national or international level, (2) to create the innovation with Dhamma applied researches which are emphasized on research in innovation and Buddhist knowledge body which can be applied for social development and solving of community problems as sufficiently,  (3) providing of Buddhism’s academic based on providing to promote Buddhist learning for responding on the need of local or community and acceptance, (4) development Buddhist universities as learning sources and learning center throughout dissemination and reservation of arts and cultures, local wisdom which are concerned to sustainable development in universal field, (5) development for management and administration system in Buddhist universities such as high competency for modern organization as standardization and to be an universal form that can be supported with any changing in national and international level.