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Author: Paitoonpong, Tadsanee × End date: 2008 × Start date: 2003 × Type: Doctorate × Subject: Thailand × Subject: Universities and colleges ×

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    Strategic leadership domains for Rajabhat University autonomy
    Paitoonpong, Tadsanee ( 2003)
    This study sought to investigate essential elements for Rajabhat Institutes' transformation to higher educational autonomy as indicated by the literature survey. The first set of elements is the different areas of autonomy that Rajabhat Institutes should work toward, and the second is the strategic leadership domains that will facilitate the transformation process. Twenty respondents were formed as a subject group for the interview. The analysis was performed and the results were adapted and employed as per the content of the subsequent questionnaire. Next, the questionnaire was administered to one hundred and sixty Rajabhat personnel purposively selected from administrators and lecturers. The questionnaire using a 5- point Likert response and a ranking format determined the autonomy areas, strategic leadership domains and the level of significance of the strategic leadership domains on the autonomy areas. Statistical analysis of the questionnaire revealed that there were six autonomy areas that Rajabhats should focus their attention on for their successful transformation: academic affairs, administration and governance, personnel management, finance and budget, organisational development and quality assurance respectively. The strategic leadership domain prioritisation were proposed: vision and mission, teamwork, participation, resources, motivation, empowerment, communication and monitoring and assessment. In addition, the study also investigated the level of significance of strategic leadership domains on each autonomy area. The findings indicated that for effective transformation, different areas of autonomy might be facilitated by different strategic leadership domains. A robust model showing desirable transformation process, appropriate autonomy areas and their elements and specific strategic domain priorities has evolved from the questionnaire data. At a macro-level, the model indicates the necessary steps, the top priority autonomy areas and appropriate strategic leadership domains for certain areas. At a micro-level, the model shows the substantial elements of an autonomy area, appropriate strategic leadership domains, and the relevant internal contextual factors of Rajabhat Institutes. The results from both the interview and the questionnaire contributed significantly to the insight into what university autonomy should cover and how to effectively transform a higher education institution. As institutional transformation, either partial or institutional-wide, is considered a change process, the strategic leadership domains in this study concur with the management literature on change theories. Thus, the results from this study could be considered valid to other examples of organisational transformation.