A Model of Causal Relations Affecting to Learning Organization of Santapol College

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to develop a causal relationship model of factors affecting to the learning organization of Santapol College, and to test the congruence to the model with the empirical data. The study was divided into 2 phases. Phase 1 was the definition of conceptual framework in study by examining related papers and research, focus group discussion the experts. Phase 2 was the examination of the study hypothesis. The sample consisted of 26 Master degree students, 210 Graduate diploma students and 274 Bachelor degree students; there were 510 students in total. The Research instruments consisted of questionnaire with the total reliability at 0.96 and focus group question guideline. The statistics to be analyzed by the computer program were descriptive statistics, and Path Analysis.The findings of this research were revealed that factors affecting to the learning organization consiste of  leadership of change, organizational structure, organization culture, Learning management,Information and technology and strategic management. The causal relationships of model constructed hod fit with the empirical data by considering from  as 220.18, at degree of freedom as 177, p- value as 0.15, GFI value as 0.97, AGFI value as 0.95, and RMSEA value as 0.02. The Leadership of change had a total influence that affected the learning organization at the highest level, followed by organization culture, Learning management, Information and technology, organizational structure, and strategic management, respectively. All variables from the developed model could explain variance of learning organization characteristics of Santapol College 68% at the 0.05 significant levels.