THE NEXUS OF THAI LOCAL GOVERNMENTS’ STRATEGIC PLANS AND THE 20 YEAR NATIONAL STRATEGY : A CASE STUDY OF LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS IN KHONKAEN PROVINCE

Abstract

          The objectives of the research were 1) to study potential and readiness of local administrative organizations for preparing their own strategic plans to consistent with the 20-Year National Strategy, 2) to study characteristics and consistency of strategic plan preparation of local administrative organizations to consistent with the 20-Year National Strategy. The author had collected data using in-depth interview with the plan and policy analysts and whom it may concern for strategic plan preparation of local administrative organizations, and total 8 personnel. The target group garnering subjects with purposive selection. The research instrument was the interview form, checklist form and also collected data from annual report for monitoring and evaluation of local administration organization performance of 4 local administration organizations in KhonKaen Province. Data derived from interview and a check-list was analyzed its potential and readiness of local administrative organization’s strategic plan as well as its consistency with the 20-Year National Strategy and wrote as Descriptive Statistics.

         The results found that: 1. all of 4 local administration organizations had efforts to build the potential and readiness for local administrative organization’s strategic plan preparation, taking the 20-Year National Strategy’s scope as plan preparation scope, and 2. all of 4 local administration organizations had efforts and intentions for preparing their strategic plans to consistent with the 20-Year National Strategy. However, some strategic plans that were made by local administrative organizations were not consistent with approaches as prescribed in the 20-Year National Strategy obviously, namely strategy in balancing and developing the governmental management system as made up by all of 4 local administration organizations was not consistent with the 20-Year National Strategy.