Current Conditions and Desirable Conditions for Innovation Promotion Activities Related to Entrepreneurship

Abstract

        The objectives of this research were to: (1) study the current and desirable conditions for the implementation of innovation promotion concerning entrepreneurship of the general colleges at Mahasarakham University, and (2) study the needs and necessities of promoting innovation in entrepreneurship of the general student offices, Mahasarakham University. The group of informants used in this study were 41 administrators, professors and personnel selected by a specific method (purposive sampling). The tool used for data collection was a questionnaire with a 5-level rating scale, 1 issue and 47 items with an index of consistency (IOC) between 0.67-1.00, discriminant power between 0.70-0.98 and a confidence value of 0.99. Statistics used in data analysis were frequency, mean, percentage (m), the standard deviation (s) and the required value (PNI_Modifed). The results were as follows: (1) The current state of the innovation promotion operation concerning entrepreneurship had an overall level of moderate. Individual aspects with the highest averages were development/improvement (act), followed by the implementation of the plan (do), and the least ranked was the planning (plan). Desirable Conditions for Promotion of Innovation in Entrepreneurship Overall was at a high level. It was found that the aspect with the highest average value in 3 order was follow-up/check (check), followed by planning (plan), and the least ranked was development/improvement (act), respectively. (2) The results of the analysis of the prioritization of necessarily needs (PNI_Modifed) to be used as a guideline for promoting innovation in entrepreneurship showed that the planning aspect had the most necessary needs, followed by the aspect. Implementation should be according to plan (do) and follow-up/check (check) and the least important is development/improvement (act).