Abstract
This study had the following aims: 1.Understand the current situation under which vocational high schools is establishing learning organization. 2.Inquire into the connotations of the learning organization. 3.Establish indicators of learning organization in vocational high schools. The following methodologies were selected and adapted: document analysis, questionnaires survey, questionnaires survey of Delphi, and content analysis. A current investigation into random grouping with a sampling of 86 vocational high schools consisted of 10 teachers and employees from each school, selected randomly from a cluster. A total of 684 effective questionnaires were collected from this endeavor. This study gives priority to administration management for the indicators of learning organization in vocational high schools with a secondary importance to the instruction of teachers. The scope of the study takes into account principals, teachers, and teachers who also carry out administrative work.
The specific conclusions of the study are as follows:
1.The indicators of learning organization in vocational high schools included the following ten items: special characteristics of vocational high schools, the learning culture, the leadership of the principal, coordination of administration, individual learning, organizational learning, shared vision, the application of technology, the circumstances of learning, and the assessment of awards.
2.The results of the multivariate analysis between background variables and indicator items showed the following:
(1) In the five items of the learning culture, the leadership of the principal, organizational learning, shared vision, and the circumstances of learning, public vocational high schools held a more positive attitude than private vocational high schools toward the establishment of learning organization.
(2) Apart from individual learning, the attitude of agricultural & industrial vocational high schools concerning the other nine items had a better level of significance compared with other vocational high schools.
(3) Concerning the coordination of administration and the assessment of awards, the attitude of vocational high schools located in cities tended to possess a better level of significance than the vocational high schools located in the country.
(4) The attitude towards the establishment of learning organization by vocational high schools located in the countryside and provincial cities tended to be better than schools located in county cities. Concerning the aspect of the assessment of awards, the attitude of schools from towns located in the countryside and provincial cities tended to be of a better level than the attitude found in county cities.
(5) The attitude of the principal towards the establishment of learning organization tended to be a better level of significance than the attitude of the staff. This shows the principal has a better perception concerning the establishment of learning organization in vocational high schools.
3.The following are some difficulties to establishment learning organization might encounter: resistance as a result of not understanding the learning organization; lack of harmony among desires; insufficient completion of related procedures; difficulties over the arrangement of learning time; finding specific methods by which it is possible to change outdated knowledge and learning habits and the unfixed promotion of learning organization.
4.The following proposals are established for the improvement of learning organization: strengthening of communication; request of experts & scholars to assist in the establishment of learning organization; establishment of small scale learning groups based on the vocational high schools'''''''''''''''' actual situation; construction of a beneficial atmosphere and environment for learning; policy guidance from those in charge of educational bodies; announcement of learning resources and results on the Internet to allow the information to be shared, and to encourage creative individual and organizational learning.
5.The summarization for the indicators of learning organization in vocational high schools shows the members of Delphi group have put forward 26 very important detailed items.
This study will provide different vocational high schools with feasible suggestions concerning establishment of learning organization.
Key words: vocational high schools, organizational learning, learning organization, indicators.