Browsing GSPA: Dissertations by Title
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Key factors affecting the success of organic agriculture policy implementation in thai local communities
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2015)
Organic agriculture in Thailand officially became a public policy in 2005 and its current provisions are described in the Second National Strategic Plan for Organic Agriculture Development (2013-2016). While organic agriculture has been implemented for a decade and while the global growth rate of organic agriculture has increased; the amount of land dedicated to organic agriculture in Thailand has increased at a rate of only 0.1% annually and comprises only 0.2% of the total land in the nation under cultivation. This is in sharp contrast ... -
Key psychological determinants of staff's job performance in department of tourism (Thailand)
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2012)
Department of Tourism under authority of Ministry of Tourism and Sports has its mission in development of tourism services and tourism sites standards as well as promotion of standardized tourist businesses and tour guides in order to make Thailand’s tourism well-known and sustainable, which produce contributions to economic, social, and cultural development of the country. Performance of the staff working in Department of Tourism affect the services provided to tourism and related sectors in Thailand. This study has its objectives as 1) to ... -
Key success factors in the organic agriculture policy implementation
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2015)
The objectives of the study of key success factors in the organic agriculture policy implementation was to identify problems of, obstacles to and restrictions on the putting the national organic agriculture policy into practice, to evaluate the success factors of implementing the organic agriculture policy, and to propose an organic agricultural policy model for sustainable policy implementation. -
Knowledge and understanding of the philosophy of sufficiency economy, by application of the philosophy of sufficiency economy in personal finance management and the results of personal financial management of non-agricultural people
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2019)
This article studied knowledge and understanding of the philosophy of sufficiency economy, by application of the philosophy of the sufficiency economy in personal financial management and the results of personal financial management of non-agricultural people. In the poverty-stricken provinces in each region are Amnat Charoen province, Chainat province, Pattani province and Mae Hong Son province. The number of samples is 400 samples for a total of 1,600 samples. This article were to study: 1) Analyze direct influences and indirect influences of ... -
Knowledge management practices and organizational performance : a case of the Royal Thai Air Force
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2014)
The objectives of the research were 1) to develop a model of knowledge management practices and organizational performance, 2) to validate the relationship of knowledge management practices and organizational performance in the model, and 3) to suggest for the improvement of knowledge management practices and organizational performance. This study investigated one independent variable (knowledge management practices), one intervening variable (innovation) and one dependent variable (organizational performance). Both quantitative research ... -
Knowledge transfer effectiveness of university-industry alliances
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2009)
Drawing on inter-organizational relations (IORs), the knowledge-based view (KBV), and the resource-based view (RBV) perspectives, this paper explores the relationship between partner complementarities, partner attributes, coordinating factors and relationship factors, together with a broad conceptualization of knowledge transfer effectiveness, consisting of research outcomes, development through tacit knowledge transfer, commercialization, and efficient coordination (RDCE model) in the university-industry context. The objectives of the study ... -
Leadership styles and organizational performance: leading in the 21st century
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2016)
The study of various leadership styles exhibited by the organizational leaders and the impacts it has on the overall organizational performance of the organizations has been the subject of various studies with important implications for organizations in both the private and the public sector. This qualitative research places leadership styles of the organizational leaders at the centre of the research framework without neglecting other variables that are common in the organizational diagnostic models, especially the ones that directly ... -
Learning within and across international development projects : Case studies in the health sector of Lao pdr
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2015)
Having realized its limited capacity, Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Lao PDR) relies on foreign assistance and concessional loans from multilateral and bilateral development agencies to support social development programs. To ensure effectiveness and efficiency of grant fund management, the development partners impose several requirements and conditions for compliance. To satisfy the donor requirements and achieve project goals on time, project learning is highly important and needed. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore firstly ... -
Linkages between governance, globalization, and sustainable development : A comparative study of sub-Saharan Africa and East/South-East Asia
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2020)
Since the launch of the Brundtland report in 1987, developing countries continue to face problematic trade-offs that must balance the pursuit of industrialization and economic development, reduce poverty, ensure environmental sustainability, and respect the welfare of future generations. Several contemporary trends warrant the positioning of this study in the academic literature and policy circle. At the policy level, though all regions of the world have made tremendous progress, sub-Saharan African countries remain the region with the worst human ... -
Logistics contracting effectiveness: the perspective of Thai electronics
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2014)
The World Bank, which produces the Logistics Performance Index, has consistently ranked Thailand in the top tier but in a degrading order: ranked 31 in 2007; 35 in 2010; and 38 in 2012. When looked at the micro level, Thailand is still in the lowest level of logistics development—physical distribution—where firms focus mainly on the outbound flow of finished products, from the end of the production line to the consumers. The Thai government has taken an integrative approach to logistics development, encouraging Thai companies, particularly ... -
Major factors affecting Bangkok metropolitan district administration effectiveness
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2007) -
Major factors affecting educational policy implementation effectiveness for the three southernmost provinces of Thailand as perceived by school directors
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2011)
This research study utilized policy implementation theories and models to test the factors affecting educational policy implementation effectiveness in the three southernmost provinces of Thailand; namely Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat. The objectives of this study were to evaluate the level of educational policy implementation effectiveness, to study the major factors affecting this effectiveness, and among those factors to ascertain the most important as perceived by school directors. The unit of analysis of this study was the perceptions of ... -
Major factors affecting foreign investment policy implementation effectiveness : the case of Mongolia
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2015)
Developing countries would like to attract foreign investment for the many benefits it provides, such as the adoption of high technology, increased employment, and expanded exports. Without effective usage of foreign investment inflows, however, foreign investment also brings side effects (e.g., environmental damage). Good foreign investment policy and its effective implementation could increase the benefits and decrease the side effects of foreign investment in the host country. -
Major factors affecting industrial hazardous waste policy implementation in Central Thailand
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 1998) -
Major factors affecting performance of frontline employees of Thai Airways International
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2001) -
Major factors affecting policy changes on illegal migrant workers in Thailand
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2000) -
Major factors affecting policy implementation on juvenile delinquent rehabilitation
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2006) -
Major factors affecting the implementation and effectiveness of the R&D tax incentive policy
(National Institute of Development Administration, 2009)
The Thai government began to offer an R&D tax incentive in 1996 with the objective, as declared in the policy statement, of encouraging the private sector to do more research and technology development. The tax incentive is given in the form of an exemption of corporate income tax for an amount equal to 100% of the expenses incurred in the form of fees for research and technology development paid to registered R&D service providers. Using the goal-attainment model, it was concluded that the policy has low effectiveness in stimulating R&D investment. ... -
Major factors affecting the implementation of the 1984 Thai sugar policy
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2004) -
Major factors affecting the organizational effectiveness : a study of city and town municipalities
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2007)