Website

www.bus.ubu.ac.th

Contact person

Nonthawan Songserm
tel 66-45-353860 fax 66-45-353805
nonthawan@gmail.com

Undergraduate Programs

• Bachelor of Arts in Sufficiency Economy
• Bachelor of Business Administration in
  - Accounting
  - General Management
  - Marketing
  - Finance and Banking
  - Management Information Systems
  - Hospitality Management
  - International Business

Graduate Programs

• Master of Business Administration (MBA)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Tourism Management
• Master of Arts in Integral Development Studies – an interdisciplinary degree
• PhD in Integral Development Studies – an interdisciplinary degree

International Program

• Bachelor of Business Administration (International Program)
• Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Tourism Management
• Master of Arts in Integral Development Studies
• PhD in Integral Development Studies

International Cooperative Programs

• Buddhist Economic Research Platform – network of proponents of Buddhist Economics: Budapest, Hungary
• UBU-UH (University of Hawaii) Project – program that offers English classes for UBU students and teacher training for UH students: Manoa, United States
• Ashcroft International Business School, Anglia Ruskin University – faculty exchange (Bronwen Rees, PhD): Cambridge, England
• Schumacher Institute for Sustainable Systems – independent research institute dedicated to the question: what makes our natural and social systems viable in the long-term? : Bristol, England
• Radboud University – faculty (L.W.J. Knippenberg, PhD) and student exchange: Nijmegen, The Netherlands
• University of Quebec – faculty (Michel Plaisent, PhD): Quebec, Montreal, Canada
• Center for Social and Environmental Accounting Research, St. Andrew’s University (CSEAR) – node for the collection and dissemination of information on the development of social, environmental and sustainability accounting: St. Andrew’s, Scotland
• Greenway – sustainable programs in tourism, culture, education, and volunteer projects: Thailand, China, Vietnam, India, Cambodia, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Indonesia and Korea

Current Research Areas

Faculty research is taking place in many areas developing not only the theory but also applications of Sufficiency Economy philosophy for community development in the Isan region.

• Developing farm accounting tools
• Capability of exporting jasmine rice from Ubon
• Documentation of traditional knowledge of indigenous mushroom cultivation
• Accounting data to evaluate risk in SMEs in Ubon
• Developing tools for teaching community businesses and local wisdom
• Knowledge management in Sufficiency Economy models
• Participation of the community in maintaining the environment for sustainable tourism
• E-marketing and developing competitive advantage in Laos/Thai tourism
• Developing an e-commerce strategy for handmade textiles
• Studying marketing strategies in herbal products

Graduate research is diverse in the fields of Tourism Management and Integral Development Studies. The Integral Development Studies program involves the cross integration of different disciplines to development issues.

• Knowledge management in Sufficiency Economy
• Poverty reduction in Thailand using community organization
• Business management theory and the Sufficiency Economy philosophy
• A case study: Success of community funding organizations
• A case study: Creating a brand identity for village fabric products from Ubon Ratchathani
• Logistics to ports in Indo-China
• Debt reduction programs for Thai farmers
• Health and community for Sustainable Development
• Applications of Sufficiency Economy in SMEs
• Building an entrepreneurial network
• An integrated logistics system for the Royal Thai Navy
• Planning capacity in performing local development in Thailand: The case of Tambon Administration Organizations (TAOs) in developing community enterprise to support OTOP products
• An ethnographic and attitudinal study of people in the Mekong Region
• Bunniyom and poverty reduction
• The study of Sufficiency Economy and business operations: A case study of the automotive parts industry
• A community indicator tool box for assessing basic development factors: Comparison and contrast between Asia and Africa
• Knowledge management and the establishment of new communities
• Quality of life in Asoke communities
• Individual sufficiency in farmers practicing Sufficiency Economy
• Evaluation of community development in Asoke communities
• Health monitoring in Ratchathani Asoke related to social and cultural well-being
• Integration of health care for Self Sufficiency
• Qualitative development of communities towards community well-being
• Study of rubber trees comparing Northeastern Thailand and Laos
• Knowledge management comparisons between urban and rural communities in Chiang Mai
• The development of a MIS knowledge management network in Buriram

School for Life Chiang Mai

The School for Life Chiang Mai is an institution that shares many common links with some of the ideas and philosophies of the Faculty of Management Science, such as sustainable development and sufficiency economy. Have a look at http://www.school-for-life.org/en/personell/personell/supporters.html