Academic Administration Network in Military Nursing Colleges

摘要

The purposes of this study were to investigate an academic administration network in Military Nursing Colleges namely, the Royal Thai Navy College of Nursing, the Royal Thai Army Nursing College, and the Royal Thai Air Force Nursing College. This research consisted of five steps process 1) the study of pattern, conditions and challenges related to the academic administration in each college 2) the study on the academic administration conducted at Boromarajonani College of Nursing under Praboromarajchanok Institute of Health Workforce Development, Ministry of Public Health where the academic administrative network has been applied effectively and successfully, 3) a study of the effective patterns of academic administrative network conducted at the Military Nursing Colleges, 4) A Focus Group Discussion to test the patterns, and 5) A modification and improvement as suggested by experts. Mixed methods which involved questionnaires, interviews, and observations were used to collect the data. Percentage, Arithmetic Mean, Standard Deviation and Content Analysis were used in analyzing the data. The research findings were as follows: 1)Military Nursing Colleges had not been implemented the academic administration network fully and effectively. 2) the results reveal that an effective and suitable pattern of academic administration network were a clear policy, an agreement and a mutual understanding between the executives and staff on the objectives and implementation of the network and the academic administration, 3)sufficient supports in terms of budget, information technology and together with the activities continuously conducted to strengthen the network.