THE GUIDELINES FOR KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN WADPRANGKASRI SCHOOL AFFILIATED TO KANCHANABURI PRIMARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE 3

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to find: 1) Knowledge management in Wadprangkrasri School, 2) The guideline for the development of knowledge management in Wadprangkrasri School, The sample group was the school director, vice director, and government teachers with a total of 34 respondents. The research instruments were questionnaire about knowledge management based on the concepts of the Public Sector Development Commission – OPDC. The data were analyzed by frequency, percentage, arithmetic mean, standard deviation, and content analysis. 

          The findings of this research were as follows:

1. The knowledge management in Wadprangkrasri School in overall and each aspect were rated at a high level, arranged from the highest to the lowest arithmetic mean as follows: learning, knowledge creation and acquisition, knowledge identification, knowledge organization, knowledge sharing and knowledge exchange, knowledge access, and knowledge codification and refinement.

2.The guidelines of knowledge management in Wadprangkrasri School, were as follow: 1) the educational personnel of the school, the school board, and the students’ parents should be supported to participate and make decisions together. 2)The school personnel should be encouraged to share their opinions  and   express their requirement for knowledge creation and acquisitions. 3)The school personnel in each section of the school management require a work manual. 4)The school personnel’s knowledge, skills and experience should be collected systematically. 5)Problems with the organizational knowledge access should be heard. 6) Knowledge, collected from several sources: both inside and outside the school, should be exhibited through school activities. 7)The school personnel should be encouraged to learn and improve their knowledge.