Development of Management Strategies for Fix It Centers under the Institute of Vocational Education in Northern Region 4

Abstract

The purposes of this research were 1) to study conditions, problems, and factors related to the management of Fix It Centers (FIC) under the Institute of Vocational Education in Northern Region 4 (VENR 4), 2) to develop the strategies for FIC management under the Institute of VENR 4 by means of a questionnaire, a focus group discussion, workshops, and connoisseurship, and 3) to experiment and evaluate the strategies. Data were collected through a questionnaire, a test, an evaluation sheet and were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and content analysis. The research findings revealed that the management strategies for FIC under the Institute of VENR 4 consisted of a vision, missions, goals, strategic issues, strategies, indicators, and measures. The developed strategies consisted of 9 strategies, 27 indicators, and 34 measures. It was found that the implementation of Strategy 3, Indicator 1 and 2 as well as Strategy 5, Indicator 1 was at a high level.  Regarding Indicators 2 and 3, it was found that  there were 2 activities that can strengthen the morale between the college personnel and the network partners while sharing the mutual values with the FIC. Regarding Strategy 6, Indicator 3, it was found that the percentage of personnel who have the knowledge, understanding, awareness of the information technology and communication to operate the FIC was higher than 80 percent, whereas the implementation of Indicators 2, 3 were at a high level. In addition, the evaluation results revealed that the management strategies under the institute of VENR 4 were consistent, appropriate, and useful at the highest level; the evaluation of possibility was found at a high level.