ปัจจัยแรงขับทางการบริหารที่ผลักดันตัวแบบการวิจัยของ มหาวิทยาลัยสงขลานครินทร์

Abstract

Research is one of main responsibilities of universities in order to search for the new bodies of knowledges which are valuable assets for future development and strengthening academic activities. It will lead to modernization education management and satisfying academic services. Some universities have already reformed their organizations to boost up their research results. This research aimed to study the administrative driving factors for the research model and the relationship between research outcomes and academic staff qualifications in conducting researches. The research used Prince of Songkla University as a case study. The research data from 1981 to 2015 were analyzed by the neural network and Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System modules in NeuNet. Five sets of fifteen consecutive year data were used for the network training, the starting year of each training set has separated by five year periods. Both the administrative factors and the academic staff characteristics were used as the input data set, while the number of completed research projects was used as the output data set. The results show that the academic staff positions factors give better results than the academic staff qualifications ones. There are four administrative driving factors to drive research productivity. These are 1) the direction of policy and development plan, 2) the restructuring of the research management, 3) research funds and financial supports, and 4) the rules and regulation of academic staff management. It is found that each factor identifies different patterns of motivation.