Browsing GSPA: Dissertations by Title
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Power, networking, satisfaction and commitment in the Thai service industry : a comparison of a private and public enterprise
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2004) -
Proactive transparency and outward accountability in the public sector : the perspective of the frontline public bureaucrats in Bangladesh
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2016)
Transparency laws are argued to bring accountability to organizational activities. This dissertation aimed at answering the general research question of how organizational factors such as organizational culture, structure (discretion), and endowment (resources) affect the proactive transparency behavior and outward (citizen-centered) accountability orientation of the frontline public bureaucrats in the context of Bangladesh. Proactive transparency behavior is a tendency to disclose information about organizational activities for citizens’ ... -
Production of industrial technician manpower in Thailand: problems and solutions
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2016)
The purposes of this dissertation are, firstly, to study problems of the industrial technician production in Thailand and secondly, to analyze methods used to solve those problems. -
Promoting inclusive development through allocation of national resources: the case of basic education in Ghana
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2017)
Economic growth and poverty reduction have generally recorded monumental gains in the last two decades globally. On the other hand, worldwide regional inequality has widened considerably. In the year 2009, spatial or regional inequality was one of the major themes of the World Development Report. Similarly, Goal 10 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals aims at reducing inequalities within and among countries. These examples point to the relevance of issues of inequalities in contemporary global discourse on development. This study ... -
Public and private partnerships in strengthening vocational education and training
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2015)
This paper draws on the theoretical concepts from Inter-organizational relations theory, public governance, and public and private partnerships (PPPs), which are incorporated with the conceptions learned from the two cases of PPPs in technical vocational education and training in Singapore and the U.S. As a result, an initial conceptual framework was developed to guide in the understanding of the public and private partnership phenomenon. The framework includes a broad conceptualization of public and private partnerships, consisting of the ... -
Public enterprise reform and organizational commitment : a comparative study on the energy public enterprises in Thailand
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2008)
The energy sector exits within an increasingly competitive and regulated environment. These challenges are placing energy public enterprises under stress and are requiring these organizations to align themselves with new initiatives, including adjustments to both effectiveness and organizational commitment. The purpose of this dissertation is to examine the impact of public enterprise reform policy on the attributes of organizational commitments in the public energy enterprises in Thailand. It compares three structural types of public energy ... -
Public expenditure analysis of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration and its district offices
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2012)
The Organization of Local Administration has been authorized in the duty and responsibility to respond the need of the population in the locals. Additionally, the role of the central government is in charge of controlling to be subject to the administrative efficiency to keep all of the advantages. Importantly, the main mechanism of authority has been in charge of identifying the direction in developing the locals, that is, the process of the policy formulation and the budget administration. The findings of this research aims at the qualitative ... -
Public expenditure on education in Kenya: analysis of recent trends, education provision, and income distribution
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2017)
The study of public expenditure on education typically revolves and is designed around theories that try to explain why public expenditure keeps on increasing. The basis of these theories is to test and predict the various factors that affect the growth of public expenditure, predominantly for the purpose of providing public policy recommendations that will not only improve service delivery but also that is expected to improve the welfare of the poor household income groups and regions as well. This study used both qualitative and quantitative ... -
Public-private partnership (PPP) in Thailand : a case study of Bangkok Mass Transit system (BTS)
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2016)
A basic administrative challenge in Thailand regarding basic transportation projects is the lack of sufficient funding. Since 1990, the public-private partnership (PPP) is an option for the government in developing basic transportation and maintaining economic growth in Thailand. Bangkok Mass Transit System (BTS) was the first successful mass transit system in Thailand and was originally funded totally by private parties, at 100% private investment. However, the project has faced many problems and obstacles caused by many factors and these ... -
Public-private partnership in sustaining Thailand's food industry development
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2018)
Over the past decade, the number of Public-Private Partnerships (PPP) in Thailand has risen significantly. The ‘Thailand 4.0’ economic model and the ‘Food Innopolis’ project, a pilot project initiated to utilize PPP as a tool for research and development (R&D) in the food industry, constitute two initiatives that emphasize the role of PPPs as a means of modernizing the nation’s food industry. However, despite the importance of PPPs in the food-processing sector, Thailand’s academic literature has not yet discussed this management tool in sufficient ... -
Public-private partnerships : strengthen Thailand's health security in confronting emerging infectious diseases
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2016)
The emergence/re-emergence of pathogenic organisms is putting national healthcare systems under severe strain. Infectious diseases are among the root causes of death and disability in an outbreak. As such, ensuring the development of adequate resources and access to healthcare services has become an increasing priority for the national agenda. Governments across the world are increasingly turning to PPPs as the primary mechanism for delivering healthcare services to meet this growing demand for national health security. Currently, there is ... -
Quality education : assessment of mathematical cognitive skills and analytical ability of grade 9 students in Gabrielite schools (Thailand)
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 1999) -
Raising standard of living via minimum wage policy versus transfer payment policy
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2012)
It has been, historically, found that one of the most successful economic development concepts is the concept of welfare state where a government plays a big role in providing social benefits for its citizens through its various government intervention policies. This administrative concept has been widely adopted by many European countries with successes in Scandinavian countries, namely, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland. Attempts had been made by Thai government to adopt the welfare state concept to improve the well-beings of Thais. But ... -
Retention of talented personnel in the new medical schools in the Northeastern Thailand
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2018)
This dissertation was aimed at studying factors affecting the retention of talented personnel in the new medical schools in the northeastern Thailand and to study how to retain such talented personnel. This research involved qualitative research. Data was collected through in-depth interviews and observation. Key informants of this research include a total of 38 personnel: 27 medical professors, who are working in the new medical schools in northeastern Thailand, nine administrators of the new medical schools in the northeast and two qualified ... -
Risk management and performance of state enterprises in Thailand
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2015)
The objectives of this study were to investigate the elements having impacts on the quality of risk management practiced by state enterprises in Thailand, and to examine the connection between quality of risk management and the performance of state enterprises. The research employed the quantitative method using a survey response from 36 state enterprises, as well as secondary data collected from the database of the State Enterprise Policy Office, and the qualitative method conducted by means of in-depth interviews with 3 state enterprises ... -
Roles of e-government in enhancing good governance of public sector organizations in Pakistan
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2011) -
Roles of managers and stakeholders perception on solar technology adoption intention : a case of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMES) in Lagos state, Nigeria
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2021)
Power shortages are rampant in Africa, and Nigeria is not an exception. Further, solar technology as a viable alternative source of electricity, which would mitigate this problem, has been slow to be adopted. This study explored the impact of attitude from the theory of planned behavior, disruptive innovation activities (DIA), awareness-knowledge, and opportunities and barriers for managers (owners) of MSME in terms of their intention to adopt solar technology for their business. A sequential mixed-method approach was adopted in this study. First, ... -
Securities brokerage regulation : the effectiveness of regulation implementation
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2011)
The roles of the capital market have been seen to be very critical in the economic development of Thailand. The capital market plays a critical role in mobilizing savings for investment in productive assets, with views to enhancing countries’ long-term growth prospects. On the other hand, the roles of the securities brokerage firms can be seen as intermediaries that provide linkages between investors and the capital market. Many of the financial supervisory agencies in the different jurisdictions have been trying to initiate various regulations ... -
Smart city development in China : a case study of urban management of Shanghai city
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2019)
China has the largest number and size of smart cities in the world (Deloitte, 2018b). Relevant agencies formulate plans and conducted public hearings with all sectors. They have also drafted a white paper to serve as a guideline to be applied by cities in order for them to develop as smart cities. Thus, this study of the Chinese experience is beneficial for the development of smart cities in Thailand. This dissertation is aimed at 1) studying previous development of smart cities used by Shanghai City, China, such as background, process, steps ... -
Social capital and access to antiretroviral therapy in Thailand
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2021)
This research on social capital and access to antiretroviral therapy in Thailand was conducted using quantitative methodology. The objectives of this research were to study the relationship of social capital with the influence of antiretroviral therapy in Thailand and to analyze the benefit incidence of access to antiretroviral therapy among populations with different income levels in the national health insurance system. The data were collected on antiretroviral drug recipients in 13 medical service areas of the National Health Security Office ...