The Best Practices in Research Management of Office of the Basic Education Commission

Abstract

            The purposes of this research were to determine 1) the research management factors at the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC)   2) the best practices in research management at OBEC.

            The research procedures consisted of 3 steps :  1. study factors in research management at OBEC from documentation concepts of the theories, research reports and papers from various related sectors both of local and abroad. The statistic used to analyze the data in this step was content analysis, interviewed 6 specialists  from national research management sectors  2. analyze factors used in research management, here of which, quantitative research was employed by collecting data from 145 samples Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and Path Analysis in order to summarize factors in research management totally with 435 respondents   3. study the best practices in research management at the OBEC, here of which, Focus Group discussion was used. 

            The findings were as follows :

            1. There were 48 factors for research management, which categorized into 4 components ; 1) resources management 2) Main Idea and clear objectives and research procedures 3) research communication by technology 4) participation from all sectors. The correlation of four factors has statistically significant at 0.1 levels and direct affect to  6 factors of the best practices.

          2. The aspects of  the best practices in research management for OBEC were :1) research management strategies 2) policies, objectives, tactics and research manner 3) research management framework 4) develop new researchers 5) research Information technology System  6) to value added and develop beneficial research