Leadership Development in Promoting Women's Roles to Build a Network of Members of the National Council of Women's Associations Under the Patronage of Her Majesty the Queen Leadership Development in Promoting Women's Roles to Build a Network of Members of the National Council of Women's Associations Under the Patronage of Her Majesty the Queen

Abstract

The purposes of this research are to 1) study the current conditions, problems, and needs for leadership development in promoting women's roles in order to create network partners. 2) Developing leadership in promoting women's roles to create network partners and 3) Evaluating the effectiveness of leadership development in promoting women's roles to create network partners of members of the National Women's Association Council under Royal Patronage. Using an integrated research model. The research tools included semi-structured in-depth interviews and focus groups. The sample group consists of There were 19 key informants. and a focus group discussion of 12 people and an experimental group of 30 people. Statistics used in data analysis include frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation.

          The results of the study found that 1) The development of women leaders should not be limited to just management skills. But it must be coupled with network building, which is important in opening learning spaces across groups. both local, national and international levels Many people propose to have Permanent support structure, different focus, some organizations emphasize Some organizations emphasize the development of personality and confidence. and integration with specific careers or contexts. 2) The development of Thai women's leadership is necessary. Create a central mechanism that serves to connect women's networks at the local, national and international levels, the public and private sectors must work together to Provide resources, budget and continuous development projects. Public forum and cooperation network Give women space to exchange knowledge and push policy 3) Most of the members of the National Council of Women who completed the leadership development assessment were over 55 years of age, totaling 18 people. The overall evaluation results were at the highest level, with an average score of 4.52. The item with the highest mean score was support/recommendation from instructors or model leaders with a mean of 4.60, followed by overall satisfaction with the model with a mean of 4.58, and the least was ease of actually using the model with a mean of 4.43, respectively.