| Author | Korakade Thamphongsri |
| Call Number | AIT Thesis no.CM-09-06 |
| Subject(s) | Transportation, Automotive--Cost of operation
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| Note | A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Engineering in Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Abstract | Road transportation project is an infrastructure which serves society in movement of people and commodity. Most road transportation projects are megaproject that need huge budget for investment. Therefore, it is a responsibility of Bureau of the Budget in order to consider and allocate budget into project. Budgeting officers use budgeting system to be as an instrument for considering project and allocation budget. From problem statement, for budgeting officers, there are unclear criteria for project selection and inadequate knowledge to prioritize project and allocate budget. Therefore, this research is aimed to investigate current practice and perception of budgeting officers, who work at different level which are budgeting level and operational level, regarding budgeting system and develop model to improve budget allocation process. To achieve objective of study, the first objective is achieved by using questionnaire survey to investigate current practice and perception of budgeting officers between Bureau of the Budget and Ministry of Transportation. Current practice and perception would be investigated about problems regarding budgeting system throughout budgeting components included six budgeting instruments. Descriptive analysis by mean and ranking is used to analyze important level of problem in each instrument. Result is that there are similar and different perception between budgeting officers from budgeting level and operational level. Results were found that perception of operational officers with problem influencing implementation of budgeting system highly tend to be the problem in part of output costing. The reason is almost problems are related with financial recording which is not flexible for working at operational level, and also activities distribution which is lack of considering of central officers before distributing. It would affect to unnecessary budget allocation. For budgeting officers at budgeting level, their perception with problem highly tend to be problem in project management. The reason is problems are mostly related to unreadiness of project operation and lacking of important information of project such as project feasibility study which is the main data that budgeting officers use to consider and make decision for budget allocation. Therefore, physical model of road transportation components has been developed. The purpose is to be as an instrument for budgeting officers more understanding in technical term, and used to improve budget allocation of road transportation. Finally, recommendation for improving budget allocation has been proposed. |
| Year | 2009 |
| Type | Thesis |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Civil and Infrastucture Engineering (DCIE) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Construction Engineering and Infrastructure Management (CM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Chotchai Charoenngam |
| Examination Committee(s) | Hadikusumo, B. Harimutri W. ;Santi Charoenpornpattana |
| Scholarship Donor(s) | RTG Fellowship |
| Degree | Thesis (M.Eng.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2009 |