Abstract: Educational management for local development course code 050180 is an MBA graduate course within the board of education of Mahasarakham university. The courses aim is to review the learning process and best practices to meet the context of Thai society, which is consistent with educational reforms and the national education act of 1999. The program applied Action learning process of facilitating student centered learning to 148 MBA students from the provinces of Mahasarakham, Udonthani and Nakon Ratchasima education service centers. The outcome of the program was according to the projected results, where overall satisfaction was at 93.99/80.79. The course was highly effective because during the training program all 9 steps or stages of activities needed to achieve action learning process facilitating student-centered learning were applied, creation of agreements to determine plans for learning in different courses in both single work and group work, presentations, organizing learning according to the plans with emphasis on analysis and synthesis from case studies of instructors and students, daily and monthly note-taking on learning outcomes in the notebook after action review to be utilized as portfolios, conduct tests, while learning by having students think analytically, presenting group work study results, post testing, evaluating satisfaction with teaching and manifestation of learning-teaching outcomes to show single/group work outcomes.