Military Strategies for Strengthening the Army Leadership Potential
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The purposes of this research were (1) to study the level of military strategies; (2) to study the influence of military strategies on the army leadership potential; and (3) to propose the guidelines for development of leadership potential of the Royal Thai Army. This research was designed as a quantitative research. The research sample comprised 260 high executives from 46 camps of the 1st–4th Army Area Commands, obtained by stratified random sampling. A questionnaire was used as the data collecting instrument. Data were analyzed using the structural equation modeling. The results of this research showed that (1) the military strategies that were rated at the high level were the development of knowledge and ability, the creation of innovations, the having far and wide vision, the creation of allies in the armed forces, and the decision making ability; while the military strategies that were rated at the moderate level were the integration of technology, and the adherence to morality and ethics; furthermore, the army leadership potential was rated at the high level; (2) military strategies had significant influences on the army leadership potential at the 0.05 statistical significance level; all military strategy factors could be combined to predict the army leadership potential by 88 percent; and (3) the guidelines for development of the army leadership potential via military strategies in three aspects were (1) developing knowledge and ability in integration of technology and in fast and accurate decision making; (2) showing the leadership vision that reflects the up-to-date military leadership potential in order to enhance the confidence of the sub-ordinates; and (3) using the strategies to support work performance with the adherence to morality and ethics and the creation of allies in the organizational work units of the Royal Thai Army.
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1. กองบรรณาธิการสงวนสิทธิ์ในการพิจารณาและตัดสินการตีพิมพ์บทความในวารสาร
2. บทความทุกเรื่องจะได้รับการตรวจสอบทางวิชาการโดยผู้ทรงคุณวุฒิ แต่ข้อความและเนื้อหาในบทความที่ตีพิมพ์เป็นความรับผิดชอบของผู้เขียนแต่เพียงผู้เดียว มิใช่ความคิดเห็นและความรับผิดชอบของมหาวิทยาลัยศรีปทุม
3. การคัดลอกอ้างอิงต้องดำเนินการตามการปฏิบัติในหมู่นักวิชาการโดยทั่วไป และสอดคล้องกับกฎหมายที่เกี่ยวข้อง
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