The objectives of the research were to 1) study the desirable characteristics of a short course 2) study the need for short course training 3) study motivation for short course training 4) study media exposure channels about short course training in mass communication technology and 5) guidelines of short course Training development for enhancement in competitive of Faculty of Mass Communication Technology Rajamangala University of Technology Phra Nakhon. Data were collected from 400 samples by using questionnaire. Data was analyzed by mean standard deviation (S.D.). The results showed as follows: 1) Desirable characteristics of a short course in mass communication technology found that most of them were interested in studying on Saturday-Sunday between 09.00-16.00 (68.75%) studying 3-6 hours or 1 day (47.25%) online training 50% and practice 50% (53.00%) completing a course (82.00%) requires a certificate after study (87.00%) and the average cost was 4962.17 baht. 2) The need for short course training in mass communication technology was 20 courses including 1) shooting and editing video with mobile phone for online sales 2) photography for storytelling on mobile phone 3) online marketing 4) graphic design for brand communication 5) Website development for community brand communication 6) photo retouching techniques 7) making sales with smartphones 8) offline marketing campaign 9) online selling via social network 10) application for online teaching 11) video and audio editing 12) creating Thai wisdom for community products 13) speaking and communication in the community 14) packaging design for community products 15) creative thinking to brand building 16) graphic design for storytelling 17) computer graphics design 18) photography for digital media 19) e-commerce website creation and 20) computers for the elderly. 3) Motivation for short course training in mass communication technology was at high level (=4.01) including self-motivation was at high level (=4.14) career motivation was at high level (=4.06) and social motivation was at high level (=3.79). 4) media exposure channels about short course training in mass communication technology was at middle level (=3.15) including Facebook was at a high level (=4.34) website was at a high level (=3.57) Television was at a high level (=3.56) acquaintances were at a moderate level (=3.35) radio broadcasting was at a moderate level (=2.82) and newspapers were at a moderate level (=2.82) 5) Guidelines for developing short course training to increase competitiveness found that desirable characteristics of short course training on Saturday-Sunday between 09.00-16.00 (68.75%) studying 3-6 hours or 1 day (47.25%) online training 50% and practice 50% (53.00%) completing a course (82.00%) requires a certificate after study (87.00%) and the average cost was 5000 baht that the most of them can pay the cost 1000 bath. The public relations channels via Facebook and agency website. The short courses of the Faculty of Mass Communication Technology consisted of 14 courses including 1) shooting and editing video with mobile phone for online sales 2) photography for storytelling on mobile phone 3) online marketing 4) graphic design for brand communication 5) Website development for community brand communication 6) photo retouching techniques 7) making sales with smartphones 8) offline marketing campaign 9) online selling via social network 10) application for online teaching 11) video and audio editing 12) creating Thai wisdom for community products 13) speaking and communication in the community 14) packaging design for community products.

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

Thailand is one of the few countries in the world that provides the whole value chain of the textile industry with over 4700 local textile producers and 800000 to one million workers making this industry the second-most important employment sector. In 2016 the industry’s export revenue was valued at almost USD 7 billion contributing to over 3% of total exports. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is the biggest international market for Thailand clothing export (23%) and expected to become the worlds fourth largest market by 2030. However Thai cloth entrepreneurs are facing major problems that demand attention including labour costs new design and product development and in particular online marketing. The Thai fashion and textile industries should define a clear strategic move through integrating textile with fashion with a view “toward sustainable creative industries with strong soft power”. The purpose of this study is to analyse competitiveness of Thai cloth entrepreneurs in relation to online management and integrated marketing communications (IMC) in the ASEAN market. The research instrument involves a descriptive cross-sectional mixed-method study in Thailand. For quantitative data 60 cloth entrepreneurs are invited to complete a questionnaire before and after our “online management and IMC” training programme and a qualitative in-depth interview study is conducted with 10 cloth entrepreneurs. The 2017 survey returned 100% participation with general agreement that a website and Facebook are the most important IMC tools for online marketing in the ASEAN market. Before training the participants had knowledge and skills regarding the ASEAN Free Trade Area (AFTA) online communication and social media tools in intermediate level while they had less knowledge and skills concerning social media web design and online gallery. After training the statistics show an increase in entrepreneurs’ level for all knowledge and skills. Furthermore the findings from in-depth interviews show that with regard to entrepreneurial competitiveness in relation to the ability of online management and IMC there is a requirement for further training and government support. In addition the 10 cloth entrepreneurs agree that time management and quality of product and service control are very important for online business.

The research objectives were to: 1) study the model and level of disclosing the human resource accounting of professional football clubs in Thailand; 2) study the operating performance of professional football clubs in Thailand; and 3) present the disclosure model of human resource accounting for the competitive advantage of professional football clubs in Thailand. This study was the qualitative research comprising 5 stages: Stage 1 – Review of theories documents and research studies relating to the disclosure of human resource accounting and the competitive advantage of professional football clubs in Thailand and other countries; Stage 2 – Study on accounting practice and disclosure of Thai Premier League professional football clubs; Stage 3 – Semi-structured in-depth interview of football club executives accounting specialists investors and fan clubs; Stage 4 – Study on the level of disclosing the human resource accounting of football players in Thai Premier League professional football clubs via financial statements website and Facebook; and Stage 5 – Examination of operational feasibility for the disclosure model of human resource accounting for the competitive advantage of professional football clubs in Thailand with a structured interview. The results showed as follows: 1. At present Thai Premier League professional football clubs have complied with the financial reporting standards for non-publicly accountable entities (NPAE) but each club disclosed the information about its football players differently because the specific accounting practice for football players has not yet been established. There were 3 accounting practice models relating to football players which were consistent with the generally accepted accounting principles; namely Model 1 – Intangible assets; Model 2 – Receivables; and Model 3 – Expenses. The model applied by each club would depend on the characteristics of transactions incurred with the football players in that club. 2. The result of comparing the relationship between a group of football clubs with disclosure of human resource accounting above average and a group of football clubs with disclosure of human resource accounting below average indicated that the group of football clubs with disclosure of human resource accounting above average had tendency and direction relating to the operating performance reflecting better form of financial ratio than the group of football clubs with disclosure of human resource accounting below average. 3. The disclosure of human resource accounting relating to football players enabled the stakeholders to have information to be utilized in 3 facets; namely human resource management decision-making and evaluation. The disclosure of human resource accounting relating to football players affected the operating performance of football clubs and led to the competitive advantage. 4. The disclosure model of human resource accounting for the competitive advantage of professional football clubs in Thailand which should be disclosed totaled 40 items comprising 7 aspects; namely 1) human resource policy (football players); 2) basic information about human resources; 3) financial information; 4) priority to human resources in the organization; 5) health and occupational safety; 6) human resource development; and 7) relationship between human resources and culture should be disclosed via financial statements websites and Facebook either financial or non-financial information relating to the decision-making of the stakeholders.

The objective of the research was to study suitability of professional competences indicators for mass communication office in digital age. The data were collected by using questionnaires sampling from 600 samples who were mass communication officers and lectures in mass communication universities. Data analysis employed frequency percentage arithmetic mean □(-/×) standard deviation (S.D). The research results revealed that there were the mass communication officer professional competences were 44 indicators including 10 indicators of printed media competences 13 indicators of radio and television broadcasting media competences 10 indicators of film media competences and 11 indicators of digital media competences.