BUDDHADHAMMA INTEGRATION FOR PROMOTING MANAGEMENT INNOVATION OF METROPOLITAN WATERWORKS AUTHORITY

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were:  1. To study the promotion of administrative innovation, 2. To study factors affecting the promotion of administrative innovation, and 3. To present a model for integrating Buddhist principles to promote administrative innovation of Metropolitan Waterworks Authority, conducted with the mixed research methods. The quantitative research collected data from 349 samples who were personnel under the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority, head office, by random samplin with questionnaires. The qualitative research collected data by in-depth-interviewing 18 key informants using structured in-depth-interviews script.  Descriptive data analysis using frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation values. Stepwise multiple regression analysis

The results of the research were found that 1. Promotion of administrative innovation of the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority was found to be overall at a high level. 2. Factors affecting the promotion of administrative innovation of the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority were found to be Management and the 4 influences affect the promotion of innovation in the management of the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority. With statistically significant level at the 0.01. 3. Model of integrating Buddhist principles to promote administrative innovation of the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority by integrating the 4 principles of Iddhipāda to promote management innovation. They were Chanda: having love for work, Viriya: fighting for work, Chitta: paying attention to work done, Vimamsa: working with wisdom. and use management principles as the basis to promote management innovation, namely planning, organizing command, coordination, and control.