Guidelines for the Enhancement of Material Disbursement System for the Graduate School of Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand

The primary objective of this study were to study problems of the disbursement management of the staff members of the Graduate School, Suan Sunandha Rajabhat University, Thailand and propose to guideline to develop an efficient material disbursement system. A quantitative research methodology was employed in this study. The research sample consisted of 18 staff members who worked in the Disbursement Section. The study was undertaken between September 2017- July 2018. A questionnaire was used as a data collection tool. The data were analyzed with descriptive statistics including percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The research findings showed that in terms of the problem, having too many steps in the procurement procedure was found to be the most found problem. This is because related staff members had to face with difficulties and undergo with many steps which were complex and involved many stakeholders. The proposed guideline for enhancing the efficiency of the material disbursement system was that some unnecessary steps in the procurement procedure must be cut short especially those involving the documents, the Disbursement Section should have a clear plan for the procurement and only necessary material should be procured. These actions could help the operation in this section faster. Moreover, new staff member in this section should gain a proper training.