Digital Technology Management for Competitive Advantage among Private Higher Education Institutions in Thailand
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Digital Technology Strategic Management Competitive Advantage Private Higher Education Institutions in Thailand
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In the present day, digital technology is rapidly developed; as a result, it has an impact from the social and economic within Digital Technology toward changing around the world. Education is one of the factors that has an important role of produce graduates who can respond to the digital-technology change. However, because the proportion between an existing students and the number of increasing educational institute is imbalance, an educational competition is unavoidable. An educational management in order to attract student recruitment competition, particularly for the private universities. As far as educational competition is concerned, Private Higher Education Institutions in Thailand face the challenge of dealing with students, teaching facilities, staffs, teaching quality and curriculum improvement. Moreover, an increasing work capacity of lecturers and staff, learning innovation and strategic management in order to satisfy students in terms of teaching quality and educational service must be made. As the Thailand 4.0 strategy has been focused on an increasing of digital-technology personnel to serve the need for labor-force market, Thai educational institutions must adjust their strategic management to serve that need. Information, communication and digital technology must be adopted to create a database system for strategic management and knowledge management. This will serve those change and will lead competitive advantage as a result.
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จันทรังษี ไ. (2018). Digital Technology Management for Competitive Advantage among Private Higher Education Institutions in Thailand. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rajapruk University, 4(supplement), 22–36. Retrieved from https://so03.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/rpu/article/view/159603
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พระราชบัญญัติสถาบันอุดมศึกษาเอกชน พ.ศ. 2546 แก้ไขเพิ่มเติม (ฉบับที่ 2) พ.ศ. 2550. ค้นเมื่อ
9 กรกฎาคม 2561, จาก http://mua-research.buu.ac.th/upload/document/
DOC_1367992735.pdf
พิมพ์เขียว Thailand 4.0. (2560). โมเดลขับเคลื่อนประเทศไทยสู่ความมั่งคั่ง มั่นคง และยั่งยืน. ค้นเมื่อ 9 กรกฎาคม 2561, จาก http://www.libarts.up.ac.th/v2/img/Thailand-4.0.pdf.
สำนักงานคณะกรรมการอุดมศึกษา. (2561). สถาบันอุดมศึกษาในสังกัด. ค้นเมื่อ 9 กรกฎาคม 2561, จาก http://www.mua.go.th/university.html.
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Kolb, A. and Kolb, D. (2005). Learning Styles and Learning Spaces: Enhancing Experiential Learning in Higher Education. Academy Of Management Learning & Education, 4(2): 193 - 212.
Kufaine, N. O. (2014). Legitimate but Incomplete Masked in Dilemmas of Leadership Roles and Responsibilities. Education Decentralisation in Malawi. 5(23)
Mazzarol, T., Hosie, P. and Jacobs, S. (1998). Information technology as a source of competitive advantage in international education. Journal of Information Technology for Teacher Education. 7(1): 113 - 129.
Melton, B. and Burdette, T. (2011). Utility to improve the administration of instructional physical activity programs in higher education. Journal of Physical Education, Recreation & Dance, 84(4): 27 - 32.
Ong, J.W. and Ismail, H.B. (2008). Sustainable competitive advantage through information technology competence: Resource-based view on small and medium enterprises. Communications of the IBIMA. Vol. 1, 2008.
Pãcuraru, R. O. (2012). University and organizational tension for work-based learners. Journal of Workplace Learning, 19(3): 161 - 172.
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Siriwatthanatrakarn, C. (2016). Behavior of Exposure Digital Television Transition of Roi Et Audiences. Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, Rajapruk University. 2(2), 66 - 77. Retrieved February 20, 2018, from https://www.tci-haijo.org/index.php/rpuarticle/view/112413/87600. (in Thai)
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Stukalina, Y. (2014) Strategic Management of Higher Education Institutions. Management of Organizations: Systematic Research, No.70, 80-90. Retrieved April 25, 2017 from http://dx.doi.org/10.7220/MOSR.1392.1142.2014.70.6
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The Higher Education Commission. (2018). Institutes of Higher Education. Retrieved July 9, 2018 from http://www.mua.go.th/university.html (in Thai)
Ward, and Peppard. (2002). Strategic Planning for Information Systems. 3rd ed. Publisher: John Wiley and Sons.
Watson, D. (2000). Managing strategy. Buckingham: Open University Press.
Zandvliet, D. and Fraser, B. (2004). Learning environments in information and communications technology classrooms. Technology, Pedagogy and Education, 13(1): 97 - 123.