The objective of this research was to develop the engineering students in accordance with the Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) curriculum (industrial engineering) through the work-integrated learning program under which the students worked in the production line from Monday to Friday and studied the theories on Saturday. The learning program continued throughout the semester under the collaboration with Thai Cutting Tools Manufacturers (TCTM) of which 26 companies participated in the program. The program determined the development plan for the students of IE.102 course: Basic Production Process for Engineers through the project-based learning (PBL) program in accordance with the CDIO standard (Standards No.1-4). Twenty-seven (27) students of the work-integrated learning (WiL) program worked in 7 companies which were manufacturers and developers of cutting tools machine tools high precision parts and machines. All participating companies were designer and developers of new products and innovations and their products were distributed in and outside the country. Hence the students learnt from working in the production line to create new products according to the production plan. The products newly created through the integrated production method consisted of machine tools automated machines lathe milling drilling fitting grinding welding and metal sheets. The students learnt to use the tools to assemble and create the machines and developed the technology operation skill for production of high precision products. The learning and working were combined and applied to create those products. The students’ skills were developed in compliance with the CDIO standard (Standards No. 5) as the program required them to work in the workspaces to create the products in compliance with the CDIO standard (Standards No.6). The students created the cutting tools in compliance with the CDIO standard (Standard No.7) such as drills center drills end mills reamers insert tools and cutter tools. The students also created shafts gears bushes bolts and wedge assembled the parts in the power transmission of the machines the electric and electronic circuits of the machines and the electric motors and created the machines and molds for production. The teaching arrangement learning assessment and examination of the students’ competency were assessed from the integrated learning skills. Each student undertook the practices to develop the personal and interpersonal skills. The program development was based on self-learning under the supervision monitoring and recommendation of the lecturers specialized in the product design product creation and production management to develop the students in compliance with the CDIO standard (Standard No.7).The students practiced different skills such as conceiving designing implementing and operating respectively. In addition the students reported the progress under the project-based learning program and assessed the learning results before and after the learning session. Based on the study development under the “work college” project it was found that the students could develop the basic engineering skills throughout the semester. The basic engineering skills comprised the followings; 1) Integrated skill on the machine and tool operation in the basic engineering production process 2) Drawing and production drawing analysis skills 3) Material feature analysis skill for production 4) Machine-operating skill for production 5) Measuring tool-operation skill for product quality inspection 6) Machine tool and equipment operation skill for production of finish products 7) Part and component replacement skill for machine maintenance 8) Problem-solving skill in part and component production in case of incompliance with production drawing 9) Analysis skill of production process and conditions for operation at the workplace 10) Interpersonal skill obtained through the duty performance correction of defect parts in accordance with the advices of supervisors problem-solving with colleagues and project development. The 27 students gained the experiences through the work performance in the workplace according to the learning by doing approach. They performed duties developed the project solved problems and obtained the technology operation skill for production in accordance with the assigned tasks. They were trained to systematically solve the work problems. All of them produced cutting tools high precision tools and other tools from drawings and innovative development. They were equipped with basic engineering skills in compliance with the course curriculum standard and CDIO (Standards No. 8). The research findings affirmed that the students’ competency was increased with statistical significance of 0.5. Each of them developed a project under the project-based learning program. The developed projects were highly important. The students’ competency was developed through work performance covering product creation problem-solving. They learnt about the created products and their lifecycle in accordance with the science and engineering study approach. They were trained to identify the problems analyze the causes design the solutions implement the drawing designs and create the new products from the experimental results. The students were developed under the work-integrated learning program in accordance with the CDIO standard. The engineering skills were equipped through the creation of high precision tools and hard metal tools. Through the integrated learning the students obtained the basic engineering knowledge on the mathematic and physic calculations creation of the engineering drawings material analysis for engineering production project management and technology and innovation creation. The students communicated in English during working at the workplace. They understood the material features designed products for production and used these products to further create other products. They understood the connection of the supply chain in the industry with regard to production of 4 product categories which helped the students on creativity knowledge integration for engineering product creation product integration for further production and utilization of the industrial supply chain. The research contributed to the engineer development with regard to science research and innovation for the sustainable development.

The purpose of this research is to study the relationship of corporate governance including corporate governance scores business size number of committees of the Board of Directors the proportion of independent directors to the total number of directors the number of meetings of the Board of Directors per year to operating results including gross margin net profit margin return on total assets return on equity ratio. The data was collected from the financial statements and the annual report form (Form 56-1) during the period 2013 – 2017 of 22 transportation and logistics service industry groups which are listed companies in the Stock Exchange of Thailand. Descriptive statistics correlation statistics and multiple regression equations were used in data analysis. The study indicated that corporate governance including the corporate governance score and number of committees of the Board of Directors and the number of meetings of the Board of Directors per year Related to the operating results including gross margin net profit margin and return on equity at a 95% confidence level.

The purposes of this research were to investigate the perception on activity maneuver and supporting factors regarding employees participation in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The sample consisted of 250 employees of Prachin Buri Industrial Estate 304 Prachin Buri Province. The research results are as follows. The employees’ perception on activity maneuver information in CSR in the overall was at the highest level (= 4.62 S.D. = 0.44). The overall perception on the information had a statistically significant positive relationship with employees’ participation at the .01 level (r = .347). When considering each aspect the perception on activity information positively correlated with participation in CSR activities at the .01 level of significance (r = .295). The results of the appropriate model analysis used to forecast the employees’ perception on CSR activity indicated that the perception of policy information had a p-value of .012 meaning that the policy factor could predict the employees’ information perception at 0.05 statistical significance with a tolerance of .704 the VIF was 1.420. As for the planning aspect the tolerance value was .617 with the VIF value of 1.621 and the activity guideline aspect had its tolerance value of .532 with the VIF value of 1.881. This means that the perception regarding policy planning and guideline aspects was not beyond the Multicollinearity variables because their tolerance values were not lower than .2 and VIF did not exceed 10. Also the results of the regression coefficient analysis of factors affecting the information perception on CSR activities in the form of raw scores (B) were .298 .168 and .209 indicating that the variables predicting the perceived social responsibility included policy (X1) planning (X2) and activity guidelines (X3) and the three variables can together predict the level of awareness of CSR activities. These three factors could jointly predict the information perception on CRS at 11 percent. Factors promoting the employee participation on social responsibility were generally at a moderate level ( = 2.94 S.D. = 1.22) and there was a statistically significant positive correlation with employee participation at the .01 level (r = .855). When looking at each aspect it was found that factors promoting the employee participation in training and activities were positively related to the social responsibility aspect statistically significant at .01 (r = .773) and (r = .841). The results of the analysis of the appropriate models used to predict the factors contributing to employee participation showed that employees’ activity and training participation had the positive influence on CSR activities with p-value of .000 and .001 which was less than 0.05 indicating that their attendance could predict promoting factors of the employee participation statistically significant at the .05 level. This means activity and training participation factors could contribute to the promotion of employee participation statistically significant at the .05 level. While the training had a tolerance value of .225 the VIF value of 4.450 the activity participation had a tolerance value of .259 the VIF value of 3.858. As for being a group member the tolerance ship was .193 with the VIF value of 5.185 showing that participating in training and membership did not go beyond the Multicollinearity due to the tolerance value of not less than 2 and VIF value of not more than 10. The result of the regression coefficient analysis of factors affecting the level of factors contributing to employee participation on CSR operations were .157 .391 and .028 showing that the predicting variables of the employee participation promotion were training (X4) and participation (X5) and group membership (X6). The three variables could predict the level of factors contributing to employees participation on CRS at 72.70%

The objectives of the research were; 1) to Study the level of competitive advantage and 2) the factors that its influences through the competitive advantage. The population and sample group used in this research were an executive director owner manager general manager and the chief accountant and finance of 3-5 star hotels and resorts in Phuket by using questionnaire (IOC tested) the construct validity and reliability for 89 complete questionnaire that it was responded rate 23.18. The results of this investigation were as follows: 1) An efficiency of using asset to make a profit; Impact of competitive environment was found that the negative result in significant level at (α˂0.10). 2) Customer loyalty for products and services was found that the positive influencing factors such as good corporate governance at (α˂0.01); strategic management efficiency at (α˂0.01); and Internal controls effective following COSO at (α˂0.10) respectively. 3) Reputation of the business was found that the Positive influencing factors such as Internal controls effective following COSO (α ˂ 0.01); Good corporate governance and Strategic management efficiency at (α ˂ 0.05). and 4) Value of assets that value added to business was found that the positive influencing factors as well as Strategic management efficiency; Internal controls effective following COSO respectively in statistically significant level at (α ˂ 0.01). While the technology and innovation (α˂0.05) and good corporate governance positive that made the influences beyond the positive regression in statistically significant level at (α ˂ 0.10) respectively. Keywords : Competitive Advantage; Internal Controls Effective following COSO; Strategic Management Efficiency; Impacet of Competitive Environment; Good Corporate Governance; and Technology and Innovation

The purposes of this research are to study the causal relationship model about the influence of social responsibility on corporate image and brand loyalty of bird’s nest industry and to verify the consistency of the model with empirical data. 352 samples are the consumers of bird’s nest product who live or work in Bangkok. The research tools include questionnaire Statistical Package for the Social Science for Windows Program for statistical analysis and Linear Structural Relationship Model for analyzing causal relationship model. The result shows that the model of the influence of social responsibility on corporate image and brand loyalty of bird’s nest industry is consistent with empirical data considered by the chi-square statistics = 18.86 df = 11 p–value = 0.06 GFI = 0.99 AGFI = 0.95 SRMR = 0.021 RMSEA = 0.045. All variables in the model indicate that the variance of the brand loyalty of bird’s nest industry is at 77%. The social responsibility has a positive direct influence on the brand loyalty and indirect influence on the corporate image. Moreover the corporate image directly influences the brand loyalty. The result indicates that positive social responsibility makes good corporate image and it resulted in brand loyalty.