The Strategic Management Model of the Small Secondary Schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 27

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to; 1) study components and indicators of strategic management, 2) study current and desirable conditions, and need assessment of strategic management of the small secondary schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 27, 3) develop a model of strategic management of the small secondary schools under Secondary Educational Service Area Office 27, and 4) evaluate a model of strategic management of the small secondary schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 27. Mixed methods research was employed. The samples were 192 informants that consisted of school directors, deputy directors and teachers in small secondary schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 27. The sample size was determined by using the Krejecie and Morgan table and applied stratified random sampling. The research instruments were components and indicators evaluation form, current and desirable situations questionnaire, and strategic management model evaluation form. Statistics used in analyzing data were mean, standard deviation, and modified priority needs index. The results found that; 1) Six strategic management components consisted of 1.1 Strategic planning, 1.2 School condition assessment, 1.3 School direction setting, 1.4 School strategy formulation, 1.5 School strategy implementation and 1.6 School strategy assessment. 2) Current conditions in overall were at a high level, desirable conditions in overall were at the highest level. And the first three highest need for strategic management of small secondary schools were the school strategy formulation, setting school direction and evaluating school strategies. 3) The development of strategic management model of the small secondary schools under the Secondary Educational Service Area Office 27 consisted of 6 steps: strategic planning, environmental assessment, setting direction, strategy formulation, strategy implementation, and strategy evaluation, and 4) The model evaluation of the propriety and feasibility in overall were at the highest level.