Organization Development of Thai Sangha in the Age of Globalization

Abstract

The research aims 1) to study the effectiveness of the performance of Thai Sangha Affairs Administration consist of governance, education, propagation, construction, education welfare and public welfare, 2) to study the satisfaction of its members towards the effectiveness of organization via objectives and goals, 3) to study the organization development of Thai Sangha according to the principle of Buddhism and 4) to study the effects of globalization on the organization development.

The population of the study consists of 500 monks and novices in the Eastern region of Thailand. They are the students of Buddhist University and live in the Eastern region of Thailand. Out of this, 150 monks and novices are being drawn by using convenient sampling technique constituted the sample of the study. For this study, a documentary research is used to collect and interpret the Buddhist concept related to the change. Questionnaire and interview are used to measure the effectiveness of Thai Sangha Affairs Administration.

It has been found that 1) The Sangha governors by appointment have conducted the organization with high level of knowledge and ability 2) Sangha organization has run the education with full effort, 3) Propagation is still most important under the Sangha administration, 4) Sangha governors have enhanced the construction appropriately, 5) Helping society is the mission for Sangha organization in terms of collaboration to remove poverty, 6) common monks are satisfied with the way of development of Sangha organization, 7) the Sangha executives understood the organization’s reason, purpose, weakness and strength, competency and limitation, current situation, collaboration with others clearly at satisfactory level, 8) regarding the effect of globalization, it has developed the executive visionary and modern way, 9) there is increasing poverty inside the Sangha community, 10) there is less participation to develop the organization, 11) it is partly material prosperity happening around rather than spiritual prosperity, 12) the equality is less concerned, 13) and lastly the modernization in the context of organization development is used more than conservatism.