DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY OF SANGHA ADMINISTRATORS IN SANGHA AFFAIRS ADMINISTRATION IN NAKHON RATCHASIMA PROVINCE

Abstract

          The Objectives of this research article were to 1) to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of Sangha Affairs administration of Sangha administrators in Nakhon Ratchasima Province 2) to create strategies and  3) to evaluate strategies for the development of Sangha administrators in Administration of Sangha Affairs administration in Nakhon Ratchasima Province. This mixed methodologies research had collected the qualitative data. The sample group was the Sangha administrators and monks who were under MahaNikaya and DharmmayuttikaNikaya in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, were totally 650 people. The qualitative data informants were the dignitaries who were interviewed that composed of 3 monks, 5 human resources officers, the focus group discussion dignitaries were 11 persons and 30 dignitaries for the strategy’s evaluation process. Research instruments included questionnaire and interview form. Statistics were conducted by content analysis, frequency, percentage, means, standard deviation and PNImodified for prioritizing necessity index. Research results were as follows that 1) Strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats for Administration of Sangha Affairs of Sangha administrators in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, were 1 strength that was the area of: government and 5 weaknesses that included the areas of Religious Education, Propagation Education, Public Facilities and Public Welfare. External factors opportunities included the areas of Social, Technology, Politic and the area of Economic were the threaten condition. 2) Development strategies for Sangha administrators in Administration of Sangha Affairs in Nakhon Ratchasima Province, comprised 2 main strategies were; 1) Strategy for development of Sangha Administrators in Sangha Affairs to Sustainable Administration, that composed of 11 secondary strategies, 2) Strategy for development of Sangha Administrators in the area of Sangha Affairs Administration knowledge, that composed of 2 secondary strategies, 3) Results of strategies evaluation in the area of suitability were at the highest level and the possibility were at the high level.