Browsing ABAC ODI Journal Vision. Action. Outcome by Issue Date
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Implementing the action-plan training model to enhance employees' competencies : a hotel case study
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Action/leadership logics and action inquiry for personal and organization development with diverse groups
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Localization : an adaptive transitional process for leadership capability development in a multi-local company
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Understanding the impact of ODI on the interpersonal skills of the managers and its effect on the subordinates' role commitment
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Leading and managing change in organizations : focus, priorities, and tools of OD practitioners, leaders and managers
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Strength-Based Operations as Organization Development Intervention (SBO-ODI) on Enhancing Teacher Commitment, Engagement, and Performance: a case study of Assumption College Ubon Ratchathani (ACU)
(2015)
In the 21th century, four aspects in the era of globalization: complexity, change, competition, and connectivity, has impacted people's livings. To remain competitive the organization needs to design working environments with strong continuous-learning process to enhance commitment and engagement of the employees for better performance. Strength-Based Operation as Organization Development Intervention (SBO-ODI) was designed as a strategic intervention to support the working capabilities of the teaching and supporting staff at Assumption College ... -
Tourists' understanding of the elephant business in the tourism industry: a study of International Tourists in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand
(2015)
The elephant is the best-known national symbol of Thailand that has been linked to Thai people for centuries. However the number of elephants is declining very rapidly in the past 25 years and it is possible that the elephant could become extinct in Thailand within 10 years. As the majority of domesticated elephants are in the tourism business, then to study how tourism affects the elephant's welfare is significant for the elephant itself, business owners and tourists. Consequently, the purpose of this research is to investigate tourists' ... -
An examination of Bangladeshi Patients' Loyalty towards a private hospital in Bangkok, Thailand
(2015)
The study aims to understand what influence medical tourists, more precisely, Bangladeshi medical tourists' loyalty towards a private hospital. By considering four variables, which are: satisfaction, perceived value, trust, and destination image, this study conducts a survey-based research with 356 Bangladeshi patients who came to the hospital for medical treatment. The questionnaire, containing 42 items, covered the essence of four variables and the loyalty of the patient towards the hospital. The questionnaires were distributed from 1st April ... -
Teacher Professional Development Program: a case study on Appreciative Teacher Professional Development (ATPD) at Adventist Ekamai School (AES), Bangkok
(2015)
This research aims to examine the applicability of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) and Whole Brain Literacy (WBL) concepts into designing an effective Teacher Professional Development/Transformation program. The study was conducted on Adventist Ekamai School (AES), a small private Christian school with the main objective to help AES develop/transform its teachers and increase their levels of Teacher Efficacy and Pedagogical Content Knowledge. An Action Research was employed in this study covering a combination of qualitative and quantitative methods ... -
Raising awareness of career goals of insurance agents: a case study of Choomthong 24K26, AIA Company
(2016)
This article is a summary of key study done on a group of AIA insurance agents (Choomthong 24K26). It focused on raising awareness of career goals of insurance agents. The study was based on three main factors; performance, excellence and self-development. The respondents of this study were 33 AIA agents who were selected according to their overall performance. Two main methods were used to collect data: interview and questionnaire. Data gathered through questionnaires were collected twice during the study period, firstly before ODI and ... -
Developing cross-cultural leadership skills and cross-cultural team working skills through organization development intervention: a case study of a multinational enterprise (MNE) in Thailand
(2016)
In the present competitive world of business, organizations need constant improvement in their organizational performance in order to survive in the unprecedented changes, Many previous research studies revealed that employee performance had positive relationships directly with organizational performance; as employees are nobody but the customers themselves. This research study focused on the benefits of leadership management and employee engagement in terms of working as a team. The main purpose of the action research was to develop cross-cultural ... -
Leveraging employee engagement and employee performance towards excellent service quality: an action research on TMD Hair Dressing and Beauty Salon Services in Yangon, Myanmar
(2016)
This research paper analyzed the impact of employee engagement and employee performance on the service quality of TMD Hairdressing and Beauty Salon Services in Yangon, Myanmar. This study used organization development interventions (ODIs) to improve employee engagement, employee performance and service quality. The objectives were: to assess and analyze the current situation of the organization; to design and implement the deliberate organization development interventions (ODIs); to measure the initial impact of ODIs; to determine the difference ... -
Using large scale individual creativity to improve organisational efficiency
(2016)
This study reviews the outcomes from six similar organisational interventions two from the USA, three from the UK (one using Appreciative Inquiry) and one from Romania. By way of an illustration the process used by one of the interventions (Clapp, 1991) is described in detail. This process uses a well-defined problem to elicit potential solutions from people working in the organisation who have knowledge of the problem area. The results are compared with the five other interventions that use a similar process. The results show that given a ... -
An exploration of the factors concerned with reducing the use of plastic carrier bags in Bangkok, Thailand
(2016)
This research is an exploratory study to examine the attitude of people in Bangkok, Thailand, towards the reduction in use of plastic shopping bags. The research objective is to provide recommendations for policymakers as well as stakeholders in the public and private sector as to how plastic bag use may be effectively reduced. Key findings are that the four factors of the independent variable 'Use of plastic bags in Bangkok' and four of the demographic variables Gender, Nationality, Age, and Occupation are all significantly related to the ... -
Service quality improvement through ODI: a case study of Prem Mansion, Bangkok
(2016)
this study aims to determine the initial impact of organization development intervention on willingness, problem resolution, time management, and communication skills of employees to enhance service quality and customer satisfaction. Consequently, the work is expected to benefit the organization of Prem Mansion itself in terms of better reputation and trust resulting from the improved service quality. The research covers three phases-Pre-ODI, ODI implementation, and Post-ODI. The first stage is to seek to understand the current situation, ...