Learning Organization Characteristics of Mahasarakham University.
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The purposes of this dissertation were 1) to study the perceptions of faculty members andacademic supporting staff toward the learning organization characteristics of Mahasarakam University inoverall aspect and each of five aspects: systems thinking, mental models, shared vision, team learning, and personal mastery and 2) to study the relationship between environmental factors, administrative factors, human factors, and academic integration factors and learning characteristics of Mahasarakham University. The sample of the study consisted of 306 faculty members and academic supporting staff
of Mahasarakham University. The research instrument used for collecting data was a fiveratingscale questionnaire with 96 items. Arithmetic mean, standard deviation, t–test, Pearson product moment correlation and multiple correlation were utilized for data analysis.
The results of the study were as follows:1. Learning organization characteristics of Mahasarakham university in holistic and individual aspects such as systemic thinking, planned thinking, shared vision, team-worked learning, and holistic self-knowing aspects
2. H 2. Holistic were high and individual environmental, administrative, personal, academic integration factor parameters were at high level
3. The environmental factors: organization culture and climate, organization structure and work, and physical environment had statistically positive relationship at the highlevel with the learning organization characteristics of Mahasarakham
University at .05 level.
4. The administrative factors: change management and innovations, and performance standards had statistically positive relationship at the highest level with the learning organization characteristics of Mahasarakham University at .05 level. While the transformational leadership ,empowerment, and human resource development had statistically positive relationship at the high-level with the learning organization characteristics of Mahasarakham University at .05 level.
5. The human factors: motivation, job satisfaction, and organization commitment, had statistically positive relationship at the highest level with the learning organization characteristics of Mahasarakham University at .05 level.
6. The academic integration factors: learning in organization, knowledge building and transfer and knowledge management had statistically positive relationship at the highest level with the learning organization characteristics of Mahasarakham University at .05 level.
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