Browsing GSPA: Dissertations by Author "Juree Vichit-Vadakan"
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A comparative study of administrative development in Burma (Myanmar) since 1948
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2000)
This research attempts to study comparatively the administrative development in Burma (Myanmar) by classifying into three periods since its independence in 1948. The major focus of this research is to study the impact on the characteristics of public administration such as maintenance of law and order, public service delivery, corruption, accountability, independence of civil service, and check and balance, by the forces of influencing factors and contextual factors. An open system approach is used to find out the constraints, limitations ... -
Access to justice in Kenya
; (National Institute of Development, 2017)
The purpose of this study was to analyze the contextual factors limiting marginalized persons to access justice in Kenya, with a view to recommend policy strategies which can be used to improve the implementation of the Bill of Rights, particularly the right to administrative action. The following questions are answered in this study: 1) What is the socio-cultural, economic, and political context of implementation? 2) How was the implementation process conducted? 3) What are the contextual factors limiting marginalized persons to access ... -
An exploration of university education systems : the case of three universities in Ghana
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2016)
Ghana as a developing country has instituted a number of programmes and policies with respect to education aimed at improving the lives of her citizens since independence. The key focus of these policies have been on enhancing accessibility and quality of output at all level of the educational strata. The former aspect of the policy seems to be on track as enrollment has increased. The latter on the other hand has remained a topical issue with stakeholders and think tanks grabbling to find the right mix of solution. -
An exploratory study of the development social entrepreneurship : key concepts, characteristics, roles and success factors of social enterprise in Thailand
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2013)
Social entrepreneurship is an emerging global phenomenon. Although much research has been done on this topic, the concept is still hard to define due to the different context and domains within which it operates. Thailand is in the infancy stage of social entrepreneurship. Despite the fact that the concept of social entrepreneurship is relatively new, the practice that integrates economic and social value creation has a long heritage and can be found throughout the Kingdom. In the past, social activities were mostly implemented by non-profit ... -
Career and life coping strategies : a case study from ministry of public administration in Bangladesh
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2015)
This study was conducted to achieve the objectives of identifying the socioeconomic factors that influence career choice, analyzing the organizational factors inhibiting professionals’ career and life, and analyzing the coping strategies utilized by the professionals in encountering those barriers. -
Domestic violence against women and the implementation of the domestic violence (prevention and protection) act 2010 : reflections from rural Bangladesh
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2015)
Over the last few decades, domestic violence against women has received increasing attention as an insidious problem for women both on the global and national scale. Despite this attention, studies on domestic violence are still limited in Bangladesh, as such, many issues remain under-researched, unexplored, or underexplored. Moreover, studying domestic violence through the qualitative approach is also hardly visible. With this backdrop, the present study aimed at filling in some of the methodological and theoretical gaps in the existing ... -
Education decentralization policy in Thailand: macro goals and micro realities
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2017)
It has been nearly three decades since Thai basic education was affected by major changes adopted in the name of educational decentralization. A central aspect of implementing educational decentralization is shifting authority to schools. However, to date there is no literature that rigorously investigates the extent and degree of changes to reveal if decision making authority has shifted to schools. Moreover, the effects of the changes experienced by school settings have not been studied. In addressing these gaps, this study intends to: ... -
Impacts of board roles and responsibilities, leadership styles and information and communication technology adoptions on organizational performance : A study of nonprofit organizations in Thailand
; (สถาบันบัณฑิตพัฒนบริหารศาสตร์, 2013)
This research aimed to explore how these key factors – leadership styles, board roles and responsibilities, and ICT adoption – are related to the performance of nonprofit organizations (NPOs) in Thailand. The resource-based view theory, the agency theory, the resource dependent theory, the institution theory, leadership theories, as well as concepts about ICT adoption were studied to create factors that affect the performance of NPOs. The samples used in this research were 906 NPOs that were registered with the Ministry of Social Development ... -
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 ... -
The implementation of public participation in Thailand; the successful models
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2017)
This study has found that the concepts of public participation in development, “Participatory Governance,” used by Office of Public Sector Development Commission (OPDC) as their administrative guidelines and for implementation by Thai government officials at present, is different from the western theory when applied in actual practice. The study utilized qualitative methods and multiple case studies. The researcher participated in the study and collected data through in-depth interviews, documentary analysis, observation, field notes and focus ... -
Understanding public organizations in Thailand: an exploratory study
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2017)
Over 15 years of existence of Public Organization (PO), many questions and public issues have been raised over the performance, efficiency and cost-effectiveness of PO. This study therefore has a goal to understand and present the performance of PO, that have been established under the Public Organization Act of 1999. The main objectives of this study are: 1) to investigate the performance of Public Organizations in Thailand, 2) to explore the key factors affecting the performance of Public Organizations and 3) to provide recommendations, ... -
Unheard voices and grim realities of the challenges, coping strategies, and governance of women leaders : the case of the union parishad in Bangladesh
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2013)
The purpose of this study was to delve into the research questions: 1) Do women leaders help promote governance in the Union Parishad (UP) of Bangladesh? If so, how?; and 2) How have women leaders perceived and defined their roles and coped with the realities in the UP? The objectives were to: 1) unravel the leadership process of the women leaders in the UP; 2) uncover the perceptions, dynamics, realities, and challenges of participation of women leaders in the UP of Bangladesh; and 3) explore the coping strategies of women leaders in the ... -
Unraveling the enigma of internationalization : the case of Thai manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises
; (National Institute of Development Administration, 2015)
Globalization, together with the reduction in trade barriers and development in information and communication technology, provide an opportunity for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to expand their business into foreign markets. SME internationalization has been widely researched in developed countries but little is known about how and why internationalization takes place in the developing countries and this lack of evidence in the literature provides strong grounds for this study.