Buddhist Leadership and the Organizational Development into Learning Organization of Provincial Offices of Buddhism in the

Abstract

This research aimed at studying 1) the level of Buddhist leadership of the exclusives of Provincial Offices of Buddhism in the Northeast, 2) the level of the organizational development into learning organization of Provincial Offices of Buddhism in the Northeast, 3) the relationship between Buddhist leadership and the organizational development into learning organization of Provincial Offices of Buddhism in the Northeast, and 4) the recommendations for improvement of the organizational development into learning organization of Provincial Offices of Buddhism in the Northeast. The sample in this research was 161 officials in Provincial Offices of Buddhism in the Northeast. The research instrument used was a questionnaire. Statistical tools were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson Product Moment Correlation and content analysis to analyze qualitative data. The research findings revealed that; 1) Buddhist leadership of the exclusives of Provincial Offices of Buddhism in the Northeast was at a  high level in overall, 2) the organizational development into learning organization of Provincial Offices of Buddhism in the Northeast was at a  high level in overall, 3) the relationship between Buddhist leadership and the organizational development into learning organization of Provincial Offices of Buddhism in the Northeast was positive at the medium level (r= .69) which was statistically significant at the .01 level, and 4) the recommendations for improvement of the organizational development into learning organization mainly included; the organization should provide appropriate and sufficient human resources, in addition, it should be provide training, exchange and networking learning for them, and allocate budget  for educational quality for Phrapariyattidhamma increasingly.