Thailand Corruption Issues
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Diffusion and Status of Information Systems As a developing country, Thailand’s use of Information Systems is on the rise. The diffusion of IS in a developing country is key in economic growth for that country. One main measure looked at related to Information Systems in Thailand is ICT, or Information and Communication Technology. ICT has led to new knowledge and innovation created which results in the continual development in the economy and society. In order to support the change of ICT to develop and promote the ICT capacity of Thailand in the global market, the ICT Policy of Thailand, or IT 2010 was created to be used as a framework for conducting the first Thailand ICT Master Plan (2002-2006) and the second Thailand ICT Master Plan(2009-2013). (Santipaporn) The IT 2010 and the first ICT Master Plan was a strategy that was developed for Thailand to become a society that is knowledge and innovation-based. This would be done focusing on five major areas of IT development: e-Industry, e-Commerce, e-Government, e-Education, and e-Society. This was beginning to work on accomplishing what they were looking to achieve, but there were definitely improvements to be made. This is where the second ICT Master plan was developed, and then implemented. This master plan was developed to continue the same policy under the IT 2010 framework, but to also fix anything that the first ICT Master Plan missed or did not successfully achieve. This was done by developing six strategies. The first strategy made was to Develop and ICT professional base and help the general population to become Information literate. This strategy focused on creating and developing ICT professionals to be able to support and maintain an “innovation-based” society. In addition to developing ICT professionals, ensuring the proper education and exposure to all people so that they can understand IT and be able to use it
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7/2/2013 |
Diffusion and Status of Information Systems As a developing country, Thailand’s use of Information Systems is on the rise. The diffusion of IS in a developing country is key in economic growth for that country. One main measure looked at related to Information Systems in Thailand is ICT, or Information and Communication Technology. ICT has led to new knowledge and innovation created which results in the continual development in the economy and society. In order to support the change of ICT to develop and promote the ICT capacity of Thailand in the global market, the ICT Policy of Thailand, or IT 2010 was created to be used as a framework for conducting the first Thailand ICT Master Plan (2002-2006) and the second Thailand ICT Master Plan(2009-2013). (Santipaporn) The IT 2010 and the first ICT Master Plan was a strategy that was developed for Thailand to become a society that is knowledge and innovation-based. This would be done focusing on five major areas of IT development: e-Industry, e-Commerce, e-Government, e-Education, and e-Society. This was beginning to work on accomplishing what they were looking to achieve, but there were definitely improvements to be made. This is where the second ICT Master plan was developed, and then implemented. This master plan was developed to continue the same policy under the IT 2010 framework, but to also fix anything that the first ICT Master Plan missed or did not successfully achieve. This was done by developing six strategies. The first strategy made was to Develop and ICT professional base and help the general population to become Information literate. This strategy focused on creating and developing ICT professionals to be able to support and maintain an “innovation-based” society. In addition to developing ICT professionals, ensuring the proper education and exposure to all people so that they can understand IT and be able to use it
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