THAILAND 4.0 AND THE SELF-ADJUSTMENT OF THAI CIVIL SERVANT

Abstract

Thailand 4.0 Strategy or Thailand 4.0 is recognized as the model driving Thailand to stability, prosperity and sustainability, which is of great interest to the present country development. The government bureaucracy or public section is regarded as the main agent and mechanisms taking the key role to drive such change.Therefore, there should be some modification of both the concepts and the  practices in order to be able to achieve the goal of developing the country. Therefore, this article aimed to examine the strategic concept of Thailand 4.0 or Thailand 4.0 with the Thai bureaucracy system in terms of adjustment towards their points of view and working attitudes which would be the path way to analyze the problems and obstacles in the operation of the Thai bureaucracy, including finding solutions and suggestions for the self-adjustment of Thai officials to work in accordance with the strategy of Thailand 4.0. The author conducted the study by researching related documents, academic papers, journals, and other relevant government documents. The results showed that the self-adjustment of personal view and attitudes of Thai civil servants to respond to the operation towards Thailand's strategy 4.0 was to change the values of bureaucracy, emphasize on the development process for training the top executive and all levels of operations. In addition, there would be continuously monitoring and evaluation of public sector operations, the modification of the full e-government model, people-centered operation, collaboration and integration–based working together with all sectors, and encouraging government officials to enhance their creativity and value for their own work.