Guidelines for Developing the Management Affecting the Performance of disaster prevention and mitigation operations Operations of Local Administrative Organizations in Ban Lat District, Phetchaburi Province

Abstract

     This research aimed to: 1. study the level of administrative development and its relation to the performance outcomes in disaster prevention and mitigation operations; 2. study the administrative development that affects the performance of disaster prevention and mitigation operations, and 3. propose guidelines for enhancing the administrative development to improve the performance in disaster prevention and mitigation. The sample group consisted of 215 personnel involved in disaster prevention and mitigation operations of local administrative organizations in Ban Lat District, Phetchaburi Province, and 15 key informants. The statistics used were percentage, mean, standard deviation, multiple regression, and content analysis.

     The research results revealed that: 1. the overall level of administrative development was at a high level, and the overall performance outcomes of disaster prevention and mitigation operations of local administrative organizations in Ban Lat District were also at a high level; 2. aspects of administrative development that significantly affected the performance in disaster prevention and mitigation operations were planning and commanding, with statistical significance at the 0.05 level, and 3. guidelines for enhancing the administrative development to improve the performance in disaster prevention and mitigation operations, management principles should be applied in terms of planning, specifically, establishing operational plans to achieve objectives. In terms of command and control, there should be an individual work plan and a clear division of responsibilities, integrated with disaster prevention and relief operations.