Abstract:
Objectives of this research were: 1. To study the level of the abbot's monastery management efficiency at Sida District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, 2. To study the relationship between the abbot's monastery management principles and the abbot's monastery management efficiency. 3. To present guidelines for promoting the abbots monastery management efficiency at Sida District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province. The research methodology was the mixed methods. The quantitative research by survey method, collected data with questionnaires that had confidence value of 0.978 from 167 samples who were monks at Sida District. The data were analyzed using a ready-made social science program using descriptive statistics: percentages, averages, standard deviations and inferential statistics, t-test, F-test and Pearson's correlation coefficient. The qualitative research, data were collected by indepth interviewing 10 key informants, analyzed by descriptive interpretation.
Findings were as follows: 1. The level of abbots monastery management efficiency at Sida District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, by overall, was at the moderate level (x̅=3.28, S.D.=0.63) and when considered each aspect individually, it was found that the aspect with the highest average value was the quality of work (x̅=3.42, S.D.=0.56), followed by the workload (x̅=3.40, S.D.=0.60) and the aspect with the lowest average was the cost (x̅=3.26, S.D.=0.77).
2. Results of the analysis of the relationship between the abbot's monastery management principles and the abbot's monastery management efficiency. at Sida District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, by overall, was found that the the abbots principles of monastery management had positive correlation with the abbot's monastery management efficiency. at Sida District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province at a high level (r)=0.773**, so the set research hypothesis was accepted.
3. Guidelines for Promoting the abbots monastery management efficiency at Sida District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province were found that the abbot's monastery management principles included monastery maintenance, management of monks and novices and lay people in the monastery, training monks, novice and lay people, providing conveniences for people to perform merits. The above principles of abbots monastery management were promoter of the abbots monastery management efficiency at Sida District, Nakhon Ratchasima Province in 4 aspects as follows: 1) The quality of the work was as follows: Recruit personnel to work according to the goals of the work, pay more attention to the quality of the detailed work until the goal was reached, 2) In terms of workload, including carrying out activities within the monastery according to the specified work plan with clear division of work and duties. Designate people to work in accordance with the workload, recruit personnel to suit the amount of workload, 3) Time; allocate appropriate time for the monks' studying Allocate time to meet the goals of the event. Determine the exact time of the event. There should be a plan and time to complete the event in the specified date and time. 4) Cost; determine the cost to be appropriate for the activities organized. Think about more sources of event funding than ever before. The monastery revenue and expenditure accounts must be prepared accurately and transparently