Local Administrative Organization Administrators’ Knowledge of Good Governance Principles of Muang District Phayao Province

Abstract

                This study was aimed at investigating the knowledge of good governance principles of Local Administrative Organization Administrators in Muang District, Phayao Province. Questionnaire was employed to collect the data from 114 participants in the area of Muang District, Phayao Province. The data was analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The findings revealed that the local administrative organization administrators held knowledge regarding good governance principles, in the overall, at high level. The principle holding the highest mean score was participation. The subsequent principles were morality, responsibility, rules of law, and effectiveness. The principle gaining the lowest mean score was transparency. Suggestions regarding the knowlege of good governance principles for the local administrative organization were proposed. With regard to rules of law principle, there should be an encouragement for the staff to receive practical training about law, desciplines, and regulations that can faclitate the performance and optimize the quality service to the people by adhering the focus to public interests. Concerning morality principle, the staff should be stimulated about awarness in their jobs with an emphais on moralities and etiquttes in order that the staff can perform their tasks based on the moral principles. Regarding responsibility principle, the staff should be supported to perform their tasks adhered to the law and related regulations with an emphais on the public interests, meeting the needs of the public, and alleviating the public’s sufferings. For effectiveness principle, budget spending and utilizing of the public resources by the local administrative organization must adhere to cost-effective protocol that also meet the needs of the public with an emphasis on participation by the public. Utilizing of budget and public resources must aim at achieving maximized benefits of the taxpayers by implementing modern tools and technology for public convenience. According to participation principle, the staff should be allowed to participate in manipulate the administrative direction of the local administrative organization by taking the public’s problems and needs to formulate the administration plan. The participation should also cover public hearing from both the staff and the people as means to improve the administration for sustainable achievement. About transparency principle, the administrators should allow public assembly to participate in monitoring and evaluating the administration. The admintration performance results reports should be publicly announced and the budget spending must be publicly reported and in details. Good governance principles are developed with an aim to promote equality for every walk of life in the society to attain better quality of life. The successful implementation of the principles depend on the cooperation among public and private sectors by means of decentralization with an emphasis on promoting transparency. Importantly, good governance means participation of the people in an equality manner with answers and clarified statements.