The Evaluation of Strategic Development Plans of Samut Sakhon Provincial Administration Organization

Abstract

This study aims at 1) studying the basic information about the strategic development plans of Samut Sakhon provincial administration organization (PAO), 2) evaluating the results of the strategic development plans of Samut Sakhon PAO, 3) studying the problem and obstacle in the implementation of the strategic development plans of Samut Sakhon PAO, and 4) proposing guidelines for effective developing the strategic development plans of Samut Sakhon PAO. The data were collected by surveying 400 stakeholders of Samut Sakhon PAO and interviewing 10 key informants. The results showed that the local citizen samples were satisfied with Samut Sakhon PAO’s 6 strategic developmental plans, namely (1) education development strategy, (2) quality-of-life enhancement strategy, (3) economic development strategy, (4) infrastructure development strategy, (5) environmental conservation and rehabilitation strategy, and (6) city development and administration strategy. Considering the dimensions ranking from the highest to lowest satisfaction scores, it was found that economic development strategy had the highest score (X ̅= 3.97), followed by infrastructure development strategy (X ̅ = 3.90), education development strategy (X ̅ = 3.88), quality-of-life enhancement strategy (X ̅ = 3.87), environmental conservation and rehabilitation strategy (X ̅= 3.82), and city development and administration strategy (X ̅ = 3.82), respectively. These lead to formulating recommendations on the effective and efficient implementation of policy for both the national and provincial level by making plans more practical and solving the economic problems in order to respond to people’s needs and also evaluating the implementation of the strategic development plan in every step.