Abstract:
The purposes of this research were (1) to study organizational health of basic educational schools under the Bangkok Educational Service Area Office 1; (2) to compare organizational health conditions of basic educational schools under the Bangkok Educational Service Area Office 1 classified by school size ; (3) to determine guidelines for development of organizational health of basic educational schools under the Bangkok Educational Service Area Office 1; and (4) to assess the feasibility of implementing the guidelines for development of organizational health in basic educational schools under the Bangkok Educational Service Area Office 1. The research population comprised 4,315 administrators and teachers in 40 basic educational schools under the Bangkok Educational Service Area Office 1. A questionnaire was employed to collect reserch data from the simple of 366 administrators and teachers. All of 336 questionnaires were completed and returned. Data were statistically and analyzed with the use of the frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, F-test for hypnosis testing and Least Significant Difference (LSD) method for pair-wise comparison. Research findings were as follows: 1. The overall organizational health of basic educational schools under the Bangkok Educational Service Area Office 1 was at the highly perfect level. When considered by aspect and item, all aspects and items were found to be at the highly perfect level, with the rating mean for the school strength aspect being the highest when compared to those of other aspects. 2. No significant difference was found when organizational health conditions, both overall and by aspect, of basic educational schools with different sizes under the Bangkok Educational Service Area Office 1 were compared. However, when compared by item in each aspect, significant difference was found in the following: (1) on leadership of school administrator, it was found that administrators of medium size and large schools provided moral support to all school personnel, and supported school personnel to create work outcomes for career advancement significantly more than school administrators of extra large schools did, at the .05 level; and (2) on academic emphasis, it was found that personnel in large and extra large schools conducted classroom research for learning development significantly more than their counterparts in medium size schools at the .05 level. 3. Since the research findings indicated that organizational health, both overall and by aspect, of basic educational schools under the Bangkok Educational Service Area Office 1 was at the highly perfect level, the researcher did not take action either on determination of guidelines for organizational health development or on feasibility assessment of their implementation in basic educational schools under the Bangkok Educational Service Area Office 1.