Article 2 : DECISION MAKING ON BUDGETING ALLOCATION FOR AREA BASED DEVELOPMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF THE PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS DECISION MAKING ON BUDGETING ALLOCATION FOR AREA BASED DEVELOPMENT OF CHIEF EXECUTIVES OF THE PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATIONS

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to study decisions on budget allocation

for area-based development and public benefits made by chief executives of

provincial administrative organizations during 2007-2017. The methodology included

interviews and content analysis.

The study found that the decisions made by the chief executives to allocate

budgets for area development were affected by a number of factors. Although budget

management was meant for public benefits, it was affected by administrative factors,

e.g. Thai administrative structure and decentralization in the past, overlapped areas,

discontinuity in the development of decentralization and government policies, and

political factors including negotiating on the benefits of allocated budget, personal

relationships between local politicians and national politicians or political groups,

people in areas as stakeholders. Those factors were found to play important roles in

the chief executives’ decision-making. The research proposed policy, operational, and

academic recommendations. In terms of policy, there should be synergy among local

administrative organizations, reform of provincial administrative organizations’

missions, personnel and local people development, strategy formulation, research

support, and legislation. Operational recommendations included notification of

operational regulations and encouragement of work practice on the principle of

independence as required by the national constitution. Finally, the academic

recommendation was the restructuring of the administration of local government

organizations.

responsibilities and authority, income, laws and problems of legal interpretation