FACTORS AFFECTING THE ABILITY IN CREATING AND IMPLEMENTING INNOVATIONS FOR THE SUCCESS OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS IN SAMUT PRAKAN PROVINCE
Local government organizations are ones of the important mechanisms for driving the country's development in accordance with the policy guidelines and directions set forth in the framework of state administration in order to achieve the vision of “Thailand is stable, prosperous, and sustainable”. However, the bureaucratic system has a large organizational structure and a centralized chain of command, causing delays and inefficiencies to the extent that it cannot meet the needs of people.Based on the problems and obstacles of the bureaucratic system, the idea of adopting a new government management approach to reform the Thai bureaucratic system by using effective innovative management tools of the executives has occurred. The objectives of this research were to:1) study levels of environment, management competency, knowledge management, enterprise resources, and the ability to create and implement innovations for the success; 2) examine influences ofenvironment, management competency, knowledge management, enterprise resources on the ability to create and implement innovations for the success; and 3) develop a model of the ability to create and implement innovations for the success. This research employed a mixed research methodology combining quantitative and qualitative methods. For the quantitative research part, the research sample consisted of 300 executives of local administrative organizations in SamutPrakan Province. The sample size was determined based on the criterion of 20 times the observed variables. They were selected via stratified sampling. Data were collected with the use of a questionnaire and analyzed with a structural equation model. As for the qualitative research component, in-depth interviews were conducted with 20 key informants consisting of executives and experts in local government organizations in SamutPrakan Province. The findings showed that:1) environment, management competency, knowledge management, enterprise resources, and the ability to create and implement innovations for the success were rated at a high level; 2) environment, management competency, knowledge management, and enterprise resources had an influence on the ability to create and implement innovations for the success, with a .05 level of statistical significance; and 3) the model of the ability to create and implement innovations for the success, developed by the researcher, was called 2EKCAS Model, consisting of E (referring to enterprise resources), E (referring to environment), K (referring to knowledge management), , C (referring to management competency), and AS (referring to ability to create and implement innovations for the success). These findings can be used to develop cooperation between organizations in the public and private sectors in various forms in order to serve people and create public benefits in the areas which in turn help the local government organizations to provide public service effectively. These actions will positively affect the quality of life of people in the area.
Factors/ Innovation Competency of Executives/ Local Administrative Organizations/ Samut Prakan Province