| Autonomy and Performance of Agentification： Cases of Nine Independent Agencies in Thailand |
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| 基金项目： | This paper is based on a research project granted by the Bureau of the Budget, Thailand. An earlier draft of the paper was presented at the 6th International Conference on Public Management in the 21st Century： Opportunities and Challenges, on October 17, 2014, at the University of Macau. This was brought about through a sponsorship from the Center for Chinese Public Administration Research of Sun Yat-Sen University, the Public Administration and Civil Service Bureau of the Macau SAR, the University of Macau, and the Macau Foundation. |
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| 摘 要： | Facing the limitations of bureaucracy and the pressures of crisis and change, the government reforms in many countries adopted a discipline of new public management （NPM） by separating autonomous agencies （agentification） in the public sector. Nonetheless, there are still very few empirical studies of performance assessment of this type of agency. This paper has two main objectives： （1） to explore the governance and autonomy of nine independent agencies under the Ministry of Industry （MOI） in Thailand; and （2） to present performance assessment of these nine independent agencies. This study uses both qualitative and quantitative approaches in collecting data, including three focus groups, 37 in-depth interviews, and 3,428 questionnaire surveys. The paper applies the concepts of agentification of NPM to examine the multidimensions of autonomy and to evaluate the performance of the nine agencies, covering effectiveness, financial self-reliance, and the impact on industrial development. Finally, this paper discusses the effects of agentification and suggests policy and managerial implications as well as further research directions.
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| 关 键 词： | 机构 泰国 性能 自治 案件 新公共管理 公共部门 绩效考核 |
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