The reorganization approach of regional sport authority of Thailand

Abstract

The research of reorganisation approach of regional Sport Authority of Thailand was to study and seek for the reorganisation approach of regional sport authority, and the results are going to be used as guidelines to develop the sport industry of Thailand. According to the research, the researcher divided the research process into three steps; first step, to study regional sport authority management information by interviewing 10 director-level persons involved with regional sport authority management about problems and obstacles of regional sport authority management; second step, to develop reorganisation methods of regional Sport Authority of Thailand by using Delphi Technique involving 17 sport authority management specialists to attribute road map for reorganisation approach of regional Sport Authority of Thailand; third step, to inspect suitability and possibility of implementing reorganisation approach of regional Sport Authority of Thailand by conducting a survey with 152 officers involved with regional sport authority management to determine that the reorganisation approach of regional Sport Authority of Thailand are appropriate and possible to be implemented.

The research found that

1. According to the study on the reorganisation approach of regional Sport Authority of Thailand, it has been found that the current state of operation regarding sports development in the region has been implemented in accordance with the 6th National Sport Development Plan (2017-2021). The plan has been performed effectively to ensure consistency from policy level to operational level. For the part of the regional sports organisation under the supervision of the Sports Authority of Thailand, it is considered an operational level. Which consists of two related organisations, namely Sports Authority of Thailand (Region level) and regional Sports Association. By applying policies into practice while coordinating and linking operations to drive the plan further problems were encountered in the management of the regional sports. Most of which were about management within the said organisations such as personnel, budget, location, materials, equipment used in the operation. Coordinating within the organisations and between related departments as well as processes of the organisation's operations were also a challenge.

2.The reorganisation approach of regional Sport Authority of Thailand can be divided into five methods: the reorganisation approach of management, which consists of five minor factors: planning, organization management, hospitality and facility, supervision and evaluation; the reorganisation approach of athlete and sport officer development, which consist of two minor factors: athlete development and sport officer development; the reorganisation approach of sport promotion, which consist of two minor factors: sport events and activities organizer and sport education and reinforcement; the reorganisation approach of welfare and  profit, which consist of two minor factors: welfare and profit; and the last reorganisation approach is participation, which consists of one minor factor which is participation.