Abstract:
The objectives of this study were 1. to study the administration state of the non-profit organization under a case study of Wat Rai Khing, Royal Temple in terms of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling, 2. to study the development state of the non-profit organization under a case study of Wat Rai Khing, Royal Temple in terms of administration, religious education, welfare education, Buddhism propagation, public facilities, and public welfare, and 3. to suggest the approaches to development and administration of the non-profit organization under a case study of Wat Rai Khing, Royal Temple. The population of this study was 110 Buddhist monks, novices, monk's attendants or residents at Wat Rai Khing, Royal Temple. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics such as frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The results that: 1) overall administration state was at a high level ( X = 4.19, S.D. = .561). When individual aspects were considered, it was found that the aspect with the highest mean score was controlling, followed by leading, planning, and organizing, 2) overall development state was at the highest level ( X = 4.34, S.D. = .449). When individual aspects were considered, it was found that the aspect with the highest mean score was public facilities, followed by Buddhism propagation, administration, public welfare, religious education, and welfare education, 3) in terms of approaches to development and administration of the non-profit organization under a case study of Wat Rai Khing, Royal Temple, it was found that for planning, the temple should issue rules and regulations for internal and external people participating in its activities; for organizing, the temple should conduct division of work based on personnel's knowledge and ability; for leading, the abbot should have a high level of participation in work achievement; for controlling, the temple should prepare budget plans, income and expenses, and control spending. In terms of administration, the temple should regularly hold the meeting at the temple. In terms of religious education, the temple should encourage Buddhist monks and novices to study Phrapariyattidhamma. In terms of welfare education, the temple should support education for schools or government agencies. In terms of Buddhism propagation, the temple should organize the national, religiounus and king's activities and local traditions. In terms of public facilities, the temple should develop and improve the buildings and internal landscaping for orderliness. In terms of public welfare, the temple should support community health care.