Provincial Administration Organization Research Articles

Establishing Citizen Democratic Networks to Promote Political Participation in Schools under the Provincial Administrative Organization in Mahasarakham

This research focused on the mechanism of establishing citizen democratic networks to promote political participation in schools under the provincial administrative organization in Mahasarakham. This research aimed to 1) analyze the model of creating a civil-democratic network between universities and schools, and 2) study the process of promoting students’ political participation in schools under the provincial administrative organization in Mahasarakham. The qualitative research methods were conducted by document study and then in-depth interviews with the participant observation method. Research instruments were 1) the related documents and research in a reliable database, and 2) four interview questions for each group and the participant observations form. Collected data were analyzed and categorized into critical issues and themes based on the literature. The participants comprised sixty-two interviewees and were divided into four groups: 1) Two representatives of the Office of Education, Religion and Culture of the provincial administrative organization; 2) Twenty school administrators under the provincial administrative organization; 3) Twenty teachers responsible for the civics course, and 4) Twenty high school students. The findings revealed: 1) The model for creating a civic network between universities and schools. There must be a central person in the management position with the authority to command leadership and technical communication between the school and the university. The creation of a network of citizens of democracy will be successful. 2) The process of creating the political participation of students in schools arose from the process of building democratic citizenship through school education and extra-curricular activities. Students can then apply that knowledge in daily life.

Applying the Compassionate Love for the Passion to Achieve Transformation Towards Creative Tourism of Chainat Provincial Administrative Organization, Thailand After Covid-19 Endemic

Applying the Compassionate Love for the Passion to Achieve Transformation Towards Creative Tourism of Chainat Provincial Administrative Organization, Thailand After Covid-19 Endemic

Strategic Model of Creative Tourism after COVID Endermic of Chainat Provincial Administration Organization, Thailand

Strategic Model of Creative Tourism after COVID Endermic of Chainat Provincial Administration Organization, Thailand

Work Motivation That Affects the Loyalty of Personnel in Pathumthani Provincial Administrative Organization, Thailand

Work Motivation That Affects the Loyalty of Personnel in Pathumthani Provincial Administrative Organization, Thailand

Components and Indicators of Digital Teacher Competency in Schools under the Provincial Administration Organization

In teaching management in modern times, teachers must have digital competence because nowadays digital platforms are being used in teaching and learning in a variety of ways. The objectives of this research aim to study the components and indicators of digital teacher competency in schools under the provincial administrative organization. The tools used to collect the data were the assessment form for the suitability of components and indicators, which was confirmed by seven experts. The results of the study showed that the components of digital teacher competency in schools under the provincial administrative organization are four components: (1) digital literacy; (2) use of digital tools and media; (3) problem-solving using digital tools; and (4) digital adaptation and transformation. Overall, each element is the most appropriate. The components and indicators of digital literacy are best suited. The digital tool and media use components and indicators are the most appropriate. The components and metrics for problem-solving with digital tools are optimal. The elements and indicators of digital adaptation and transformation are most appropriate.

The persevering power of provincial dynasties in Thai electoral politics

Provincial clans and dynasties have long been crucial in Thai electoral politics. Their influence was felt since before the 1969 poll. Post-1988 and post-1992 political space gave clans room to expand in power. But their sway has been interrupted by several factors, including military coups, changing constitutions, and national transformations. Thailand's March 2019 general election, December 2020 provincial administrative organization elections, and March 2021 subdistrict administrative organization elections demonstrated the persistence of provincial clan influence owing partly to the 2019 end of military dictatorship but also to the needs by national parties to partner with provincial political families to achieve success and finally because local clans saw an opportunity to revitalize their power. In 2022 Thailand, provincial clans and dynasties appear to be alive and well. This study examines the historical evolution of provincial dynasties involved in Thai electoral politics in four different provinces. The study analyzes the reasons why only some provinces have experienced clan (familial) domination, strategies for and obstacles to dynastic family control over provincial politics, and the future of dynastic provincial families in Thailand's democratic future.

ERKEN MODERN DÖNEMDE BİR YETKİ ALANI OLARAK EDİRNE BOSTANCIBAŞILIĞI: “KIRKAYAK” EDİRNE BOSTANCIBAŞISI

Osmanlı Devleti, bilindiği üzere yönetim anlayışı gereği taşrada klasik tarzda bey ve kadı denetiminde sancak ve kazalarda oluşan bir örgütlenme oluşturmuştur. Modern dönem öncesi Osmanlı taşra yönetimi ve mekân organizasyonu bağlamında Edirne üzerine yapılmış belli başlı çalışmalar incelendiğinde Edirne ile ilgili bir kavram karmaşasının varlığı dikkatleri çekmektedir. Bilinen mevcut bilgi; Edirne’nin fetihle birlikte payitaht ve Rumeli eyaletinin merkezi olduğu, İstanbul’un fethinden sonra bile siyasi ve idari önemini koruduğu, teşkilatlanma açısından da Çirmen sancağına bağlandığıdır. Bu noktada Çirmen sancağına bağlı olduğu dile getirilen Edirne’nin yönetiminde ya doğrudan Çirmen sancakbeyi/sancak mutasarrıfının ya da onun vekili olan mütesellimin etkin olması beklenirken, öne çıkan görevlinin neden Edirne Bostancıbaşısı olduğu; bunun Türk idare tarihi ve Osmanlı mekân örgütlenmesi açısından ne ifade ettiği sorgulanmamıştır. Bu nedenle makalenin odak noktasına; 1580’lerden 1826’da Edirne Bostancı Ocağı’nın kaldırılışına kadar geçen süreçte, Edirne Bostancıbaşılığının nasıl bir yetki alanı olduğu sorusu oturtulmuştur. Bu bağlamda Evliya Çelebi’nin Seyahatnâme’sindeki anlatısının, arşiv belgelerindeki izdüşümleri üzerinden Edirne Bostancıbaşısının nasıl bir yönetici profili çizdiğini ortaya koymak, makalenin hedeflerinden biridir.

Transnational Entrepreneurs: Economic Livelihood Diversification

AbstractThis article examines transnational entrepreneurs’ decision-making and the selection process of economic livelihood diversification strategies in the special economic zone, Mukdahan, Thailand. The study utilizes qualitative research methods, namely, documentation, field study data collection, interviews, and both participative and non-participative observations. Significant participants include four officials and numbers of staff from the government and private sector, such as officials from the Provincial Administrative Organization, the Chamber of Commerce, and the Provincial Industry Council; staff from the business world, such as the hospitality industry; and fourteen transnational immigrant entrepreneurs working in the commerce, production, and/or service sectors. The results show that Vietnamese, Chinese, Chinese–Thai, and Laotian transnational immigrant entrepreneurs have applied different economic livelihood strategies, predominantly by exploiting opportunities in Mukdahan, offered by the Greater Mekong Subregion’s (GMS) economic policies. Nevertheless, as immigrants, access to political and social privileges and citizenship rights are limited. In these circumstances, transnational entrepreneurs struggle to secure their livelihoods in order to negotiate politically and be socially accepted. This study found that immigrant entrepreneurs apply four strategies to overcome the aforementioned limitations: (1) having different types of businesses, (2) building up business advantages, (3) offering various sales channels, and (4) establishing diverse social networks.

The effects of government policy on organizational performance of provincial administration organization: mediating role of public entrepreneurship

Background: The new paradigm of government management has stimulated public organizations to establish innovative and competitive management policies through public entrepreneurship in order to provide excellent public service and to enhance public organizational performance. This research study aims to investigate the effects of government policy on organizational performance through the mediating role of public entrepreneurship of provincial administration organization in the upper northeastern region 2 in Thailand. Methods: This research employs a cross-sectional questionnaire study. Data were collected from 216 government officials through five-point Likert scale questionnaires with validity and reliability analyses. Data were analyzed by descriptive statistics and inferential statistics toward path analysis. Results: The research results reveal that government policy has a significant direct influence on organizational performance with a standardized coefficient of 0.655. Government policy has a significant indirect effect on organizational performance through the mediating role of public entrepreneurship with a standardized coefficient of 0.566. The total effects can be described with a standardized coefficient of 0.733 at a 0.05 significance level. Conclusions: The government should establish innovative and competitive public policies to support a rapid change of entrepreneurial orientation, and transform policies into action. As public entrepreneurship has a significant mediating role in enhancing organizational performance, conventional public structures of performance management are being replaced by more innovative, adaptive, and competitive public entrepreneurship in order to get the desired and effective public outcomes for a provincial administration organization.

Assessing People’s Satisfaction with Public Services of the Maha Sarakham Provincial Administrative Organization

Assessing People’s Satisfaction with Public Services of the Maha Sarakham Provincial Administrative Organization

A correlation analysis of english learning strategies and english reading competencies of Aatthayomsueksa 1 students under Nakhon Ratchasima Provincial Administration organization in Thailand

English reading competencies and English learning strategies are fundamental both in studying academic subjects and in the field of technology. If both of them are necessities, they should be related and developed to improve our students’ learning. It was found that students’ mean score was low in an English reading competencies test; however, students’ scores were average in English learning strategies. Canonical variable analysis indicated that affective, compensatory and metacognitive strategies were efficiently related to literal comprehension. Moreover, memory strategies were efficiently related to critical comprehension.

Participatory Budgeting: A Case Study of Provincial Administrative Organization

The objective of this paper is to study the budgeting process of the Provincial Administrative Organizations in Thailand and to examine the limits to public participation in the budgeting process. Furthermore, the paper offers recommendations on how to increase for public participation in the budgeting process. The study uses qualitative methods, studying documents related to budgeting process such as laws and regulations, in addition to using in-depth interviews with administrators and staff at Provincial Administrative Organizations. The research shows that the budgeting process of Provincial Administrative Organizations limits public participation. Participation is limited to local development plan making, which only acts as a guideline, and is nonbinding. The final decision makers the annual budgets are the administrators of the provincial administrative organizations and the provincial administrative organizations council. Therefore, to reduce the limits to public participation in budgetary decisions, the paper recommends that the central government enacts legislation that creates mechanisms that allows people to participate in budget allocation decisions. In this regard, the nature or type of operation may that a form suitable to each area. Examples include direct decisions about public matters or political issues or in the form of a third-party intermediary intermediation.

The Result of Universal Newborn Hearing Screening, 4 Years of Experience in Trang

Objective: 1) To share the experience in establishing the first province to set up the universal newborn hearing screening (UNHS) in Thailand. 2) To report the results of four consecutive years of UNHS in Trang. Materials and Methods: All newborns in Trang province, between October 2013 and September 2017, who received UNHS, were included in this study. The present study was a descriptive study. Results: There were three main obstacles to be solved to establish the program. There was no supported budget from the central government to run the UNHS. There was a lack of audiologists or trained personnel to run the UNHS. Finally, there was no province in Thailand that has done the project before. A budget for the Trang’s UNHS project was allocated, which was 3,100,000 baht from the Trang provincial administrative organization, to purchase hearing screening machines for every community hospital. The personnel to run the UNHS, which were nurses, were trained in every hospital. The protocols, referral, and follow-up programs were newly designed to establish the hospital network for the program. There were 28,254 newborns in Trang and 27,983 (99.04%) were screened. The high-risk newborns were 1,415 (5.1%). The low-risk group was 26,568 (94.9%). The referral rate of transient evoked otoacoustic emission (TEOAE) was 5.9%. In the low-risk past screening group, there was one newborn (0.005%) that presented later with delayed speech and profound hearing loss after 1½ years and the MRI showed bilateral IAC stenosis. There were two newborns with severe hearing loss, one was Mondini dysplasia, and the other was normal on imaging, in 169 unpassed low-risk newborns. In the high-risk group, 73 (5.2%) were unpassed. After diagnostic tests, 71 (97.2%) were normal, one had severe hearing loss with normal imaging, and the other had bilateral microtia. The incidence of bilateral severe SNHL in high-risk newborn was (1/1,415) 0.71:1,000 births. The incidence of bilateral severe SNHL in low-risk newborn was (3/26,568) 0.11:1,000 births. After two years of follow-up, there was no delayed speech due to hearing loss in all the present study newborns. Conclusion: The rate of congenital hearing loss is not as high as in the literature, but the UNHS is still important to the newborns and their parents. Keywords: UNHS in Trang, Province-based UNHS, Incidence of hearing loss in newborn

Sustainable Transition Models for Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Case Study of Saraburi Provincial Administration Organization, Thailand

Municipal solid waste (MSW) generation exceeding the capacity of mechanical biological treatment (MBT) plants is a major problem for most municipalities in Thailand. The problem is serious for the Saraburi Provincial Administration Organization (SPAO) as the high daily volumes of MSW sent to the SPAO greatly exceeds the MBT plant capacity of 20 ton d-1. This results in accumulation and ultimately, open-dumping of MSW. Transition from a small (< 50 ton d-1) to a medium-sized cluster (50 - 300 ton d-1) is under consideration to address this problem. Therefore, this study evaluated pre-feasibility information, comparing two possible transition models. Model 1 proposes modification of the existing MBT plant to enlarge its capacity to 50 ton d-1, while Model 2 would require establishing a new medium-sized MBT plant (50 - 70 ton d-1). Results from field data collection as well as mass balance calculation and financial modelling indicate that without additional income from tipping or MSW management fee as well as sale of recyclable materials and scrap metals, both models exhibit negative net present value (NPV) or are not economically feasible due to high initial investment in machinery. However, sensitivity analysis based on an expected fall in future machinery prices indicates that the NPV for both models become positive if prices fall by a minimum 20 %. Due to the much higher initial investment, but the higher capacity with higher separation technology and the higher environmental benefits as well as higher ratings for sustainable development indicators, Model 2 is recommended for a long-term transition. Model 1 can still be recommended for a short - to medium-term transition. Results from in-depth interviews also confirm that Model 1, which offers additional local employment and incomes from selling recyclable materials and scrap metals would be the more feasible option owing to familiarity with the process and its lower initial investment requirement.

Guidelines for Solid Waste Management Approaches at Kerng Sub-District Administrative Under the Maha Sarakham Provincial Administrative Organization

To integrate the problems and needs of solid waste management (SWM) for administering the SWM approach at Kerng Sub-District Administrative Organization (K-SAO) under the Maha Sarakham PAO in Thailand were studied. This SAO increasingly shares in these problem natural limited products and highly vulnerable in 14 villages are arranged with a sample size of 357 people to their perceptions with the Questionnaire on Waste Management (QWM) and the Focus Group Discussion technique in three scales; Waste Collection, Waste Separation, and Waste Disposal scales, the classifications’ problems indicated that of moderate level. according to have their problems and needs, plastics bins are the type of their garbage bins, people collected the collecting SWM by the K-SAO, the households’ memberships have participated in the implementation of the project with social local communities, and took part in solving problems caused by the collection of the SWM on their communities, the K-SAO has been listening to comments of their suggestions and communities’ solving and given advices the burdensome problem of collecting waste to lack of responsibility. Most of guidelines the Waste Collection as to set at least twice a day and the public should be aware of the collection time and carry out their own fermentation. An importance campaign for people to sort out their sales from solid waste as Waste Separation scale was promoted. The Disposal Project Biomass Waste Treatment (MBT) was planned and organized to give pieces of advice for using disposal waste to relate waste collection time of the K-SAO was the guidelines.

Chiang Rai Zero Waste: Participatory action research to promote source separation in rural areas

Municipal solid waste management (MSWM) is a challenge for local governments in developing countries. They often lack resources to modernize the hard infrastructures of MSWM. However, the social capitals can be mobilized to develop soft infrastructures for community-based management (CBM) of solid waste in rural areas. Chiang Rai Zero Waste (CRZW) was a participatory action research (PAR). Together with Chiang Rai Provincial Administrative Organization (CR PAO), lessons from previous interventions were used to promote source separation in the north of Thailand. CRZW asked households 1) to install a home composter, called sa-wians, 2) to separate recyclables, and 3) to use the products from composting in home grown garden. This study evaluated the effectiveness of this CBM in the 18 piloting villages. The formative evaluation affirmed the feasibility of the action and its benefits in terms of waste diversion. It also highlighted factors affecting its implementation such as the type of housing and the supports from the local governments at a subdistrict level. Future prospect of this model, its limitations and complimentary solutions to improve the sustainability of MSWM were also discussed. Reflecting on these observations, the management of hazardous waste was added in the next step to make the action more holistic.

The Study of Participation in the Education Quality Assurance of Wat Nongkor Community School Under the Chonburi Provincial Administration Organization

This research aims to participate in the personnel quality assurance. By different personal factors, including gender, level of education and work experience, and to study the relationship between attitude, intrinsic motivation, organizational personnel and to study factors affecting participation and to build predictive participation. The variables include attitude intrinsic motivation, organizational participation. The sample used in this research includes 86 personnel of Wat NongKor School under the Provincial Administration. Instrument used in this study were divided into five episodes by using frequency, percentage, average, standard deviation, t test (t-test) analysis of variance, one-way ANOVA, correlation coefficient (coefficient of correlation) and coefficient regression (multiple regression analysis) The results showed that, Personal factors such as sex, education, and different working experience have no significance statistically different in participation. When consider the income, it shows the operational and the improvements are significantly different at the statistical level 05 and motivation within the job ensuring quality education. Organization is positively correlated with participation. The level of statistical significance 01 and motivation within job quality assurance and organizational variables predictive power of participation in the Personnel Quality Assurance has 62.60 percent motivated by internal quality assurance characteristics influence the quality of education the most. So the regression coefficient is equal to 63.

The Study of Participation in the Education Quality Assurance of Wat Nongkor Community School Under the Chonburi Provincial Administration Organization

The Study of Participation in the Education Quality Assurance of Wat Nongkor Community School Under the Chonburi Provincial Administration Organization

A Comparative Study of the Efficiency and the Effectiveness of Primary Education Management between the Provincial Administrative Organisation and the Office of the Basic Education Commission: A Service User Satisfaction Survey

This research aims to (i) examine the effectiveness and the efficiency of primary education management with regards to the service user satisfaction within 29 primary schools in Thailand, subject under provincial administrative organization (PAO), and their counterparts, which are under the authority of the Office of the Basic Education Commission (OBEC), (ii) to conduct a comparative study concerning the effectiveness and the efficiency generated from the selected schools by specifically handpicking, from each province, one school from the PAO and two from the OBEC, amounting to the total number of 3 schools representing each province. The selected samples can be categorized into those containing similar numbers of students and the ones with certain amounts of operating unit cost (OUC), which are essentially contributing to the sum of 87 schools. The data collection was carried out by drawing samples from the students, the parents, and the members of the concerned communities. Each group comprised 812 subjects, leading to the total number of 2,436 study subjects. The gathered data is analysed using average mean and t-test. The findings indicate that the level of user satisfaction, in general, towards the primary education management of the PAO schools, which is marked as x= 4.34, is lower than those listed under the supervision of the OBEC. Such result is consistent for either cases where the sample schools contain similar students numbers ( x= 4.41) or the case where the amount of OUC is relatively equal ( x= 4.41). Upon considering and assessing each group, it was found that while the user satisfaction level, as produced from the students and the community members, did not have significant differences, on the other hand, the level of satisfaction that was generated by the parents reveals that the parents’ perception towards primary education management under the PAO authority ( x= 4.36) was placed lower than those of OBEC, which was also applicable to both cases where similar number of students were present ( x= 4.49) and where the OUC was somewhat equivalent ( x= 4.48).

คุณภาพชีวิตการปฏิบัติงานของข้าราชการองค์การบริหารส่วนจังหวัด ในสังกัดองค์การบริหารส่วนจังหวัดนนทบุรี (Quality of Work Life of Provincial Administration Organization Officers in Nonthaburi Provincial Administration Organization)

Thai Abstract: การศกษาครงนมวตถประสงคเพอศกษาระดบคณภาพชวตการปฏบตงานของขาราชการองคการบรหารสวนจงหวดในสงกดองคการบรหารสวนจงหวดนนทบร และเพอศกษาปจจยทมความสมพนธกบคณภาพชวตการปฏบตงานของขาราชการองคการบรหารสวนจงหวดในสงกดองคการบรหารสวนจงหวดนนทบร ตวอยาง ทใชในการศกษาครงน คอ ขาราชการองคการบรหารสวนจงหวดในสงกดองคการบรหารสวนจงหวดนนทบรทงหมด จานวน 252 คน ซงใชฐานขอมล ณ วนท 1 ตลาคม 2556 โดยใชแบบสอบถามเปนเครองมอในการเกบรวบรวมขอมล สถตทใชในการวเคราะหขอมล ไดแก คารอยละ สวนเบยงเบนมาตรฐาน และการทดสอบความแปรปรวนทางเดยวสาหรบตวแปรตงแต 3 กลมขนไป โดยมคานยสาคญทางสถตทระดบ .05 ผลการศกษาพบวา ขาราชการองคการบรหารสวนจงหวดในสงกดองคการบรหารสวนจงหวดนนทบร มระดบคณภาพชวตการปฏบตงานโดยรวมอยในระดบปานกลาง โดยการพจารณาเปนรายดานพบวาดานคาตอบแทนทเพยงพอและยตธรรม ดานสภาพสงแวดลอมทถกลกษณะและปลอดภย ดานโอกาสในการพฒนาความรความสามารถ ดานความเจรญเตบโตและความมนคง ดานประชาธปไตยในการปฏบตงาน และดานความสมดลระหวางชวตสวนตวกบการปฏบตงานอยในระดบปานกลาง สวนดานการบรณาการทางสงคมและดานความมสวนเกยวของและสมพนธกบสงคมอยในระดบสง โดยขาราชการองคการบรหารสวนจงหวดในสงกดองคการบรหารสวนจงหวดนนทบรทมระดบรายไดตอเดอน และสงกดสวนราชการภายในแตกตางกน มระดบความคณภาพชวตการปฏบตงานแตกตางกน และระดบการศกษา ระดบตาแหนง และอายราชการ ไมสงผลใหคณภาพชวตการปฏบตงานขาราชการองคการบรหารสวนจงหวดในสงกดองคการบรหารสวนจงหวดนนทบรแตกตางกน English Abstract: The objectives of this research were to study the level of quality of work life of Provincial Administration Organization Officers in Nonthaburi Provincial Administration Organization and to determine factor affected their the quality of work life of Provincial Administration Organization Officers in Nonthaburi Provincial Administration Organization. The samples composed of 252 Provincial Administration Organization Officers in Nonthaburi Provincial Administration Organization from database at 1 October 2013. Data were collected by using questionnaires and statistics data were analysed by percentage, mean, one-way ANOVA for the sample group of 3 or more at the statistical significance of .05. The results indicated that Provincial Administration Organization Officers Nonthaburi Provincial Administration Organization had Quality of work life at medium level. in aspects of adequate and fair pay, a safe and healthy environment, development of human capacities, growth and security, Democracy at work, and the total life space, but social integration and social relevance at high level. According to the hypothesis is testing, it was found that different monthly incomes and division caused difference in the level of quality of work life. However, level of education, rank and working experience did not caused any difference in the level of quality of work life.