THE IMPACT OF AGILE LEADERSHIP ON BUDGET MANAGEMENT IN SCHOOLS UNDER THE BANGKOK SECONDARY EDUCATIONAL SERVICE AREA OFFICE

Abstract

This research aimed to: 1) study the level of agile leadership among school administrators under the Bangkok Secondary Educational Service Area Office, 2) study the level of budget management in schools under the Bangkok Secondary Educational Service Area Office, and 3) analyze the influence of agile leadership on budget management in schools under the Bangkok Secondary Educational Service Area Office. The research found that school administrators under the Bangkok Secondary Educational Service Area Office exhibited agile leadership and budget management at the highest level overall. When considering all five aspects of agile leadership, two aspects were rated at the highest level and three aspects at a high level. The aspect with the highest mean score was 1) vision, followed by 2) adaptability, 3) agility, 4) communication, and 5) integrity, respectively. Regarding the budget management of school administrators in schools under the Bangkok Secondary Educational Service Area Office, the overall level was found to be at the highest level. The researcher concluded that the data analysis results were consistent with the proposed hypothesis: agile leadership significantly influences the budget management of school administrators under the jurisdiction of the Secondary Educational Service Area Office in Bangkok, at a statistical significance level of 0.05. The model could explain 79.40% of the variance in agile leadership's influence on school administrators’ budget management. Agile leadership, in terms of its overall influence on budget management, comprises three main dimensions: 1) Agile leadership in communication – has a multiple regression coefficient in raw score of .201 and in standardized score of .181;  2) Agile leadership in vision – has a multiple regression coefficient in raw score of .588 and in standardized score of .505; 3)Agile leadership in integrity – has a multiple regression coefficient in raw score of .245 and in standardized score of .269, respectively.