The Study of Success in Expenditure Budget Plan Management of Faculty of Business Administration for Society, Srinakharinwirot University

Abstract

This quantitative research aimed to: 1) examine the level of success in expenditure budget administration at the Faculty of Business Administration for Society, and 2) compare the level of success in expenditure budget administration among personnel with different characteristics. The sample consisted of 43 employees, comprising 27 academic staff members and 16 operational staff members. Data were collected using two methods. First, documentary data were gathered from budget documents related to project implementation funded by  the revenue of the Faculty of Business Administration for Society. These documents covered project initiation, budgeting, planning, implementation, and post-completion reporting over a five-year retrospective period from 2018 to 2022. Second, questionnaire data were collected from personnel involved in the use of expenditure budgets from faculty revenue for activities and projects, including both academic and operational staff. The findings revealed that the opinion of personnel on the success of budget administration was at a high level. When comparing the differences in budget administration success among personnel who had experience and had no experience in budgeting, it was found that personnel type, length of service, experience as a project or activity leader using the budget, experience in writing project or activity proposals, and experience in determining budgets for projects or activities were the factors that contributed to differences in budget administration success across several specific aspects.