The First Decision Meeting
The First Decision Meeting was organized by Prof. Said Irandoust, AIT President, on 13 December 2005 at the Milton E. Bender Auditorium. The meeting was held towards the President' s efforts to have more transparency and openness in the decision making process particularly on issues of strategic importance or policy related issues which have impact on the Institute as a whole. The meeting is open to all the members of the AIT community and is a mechanism put in place to avoid ad-hoc decisions, promote transparency and to provide an opportunity for those who may have different views and valid inputs to affect the decision making process before an important decision is finally taken and formalized. The President will make the final decision after taking into account all inputs presented.
The meeting started with the recommendations of Working Group I led by Prof.
Worsak Kanok-Nukulchai on the Review of Cost Structure and Revenue Sources/Growth who recommended Immediate Actions on Cost Reductions, Immediate Actions on Revenue Enhancement, and Long-term Measures.
Prof. Worsak also proposed the creation of five Task Forces to pursue its analysis and to carry on the implementation of the actions within the proposed time period.
Task Force I – Task Force to Rationalize Payroll Cost
Task Force II – Task Force to Rationalize Sponsored Projects
Task Force III – Task Force to Promote AIT-Industry Partnership
Task Force IV – Task Force to Review the Semester System to Maximize Resources
Task Force V – Task Force to Improve Financial Management and Accountability.
After the recommendations were presented, President Irandoust made comments
on the recommendations and gave the opportunity to almost 100 AITians who
participated the meeting to share their views.
Further details on the specific issues and information can be viewed at the
following webpage:
Recommendations from Working Group 1 (cost structure and improvement of revenue
sources and growth): https://oldweb.ait.ac.th/interimpage/AIT_user/wg/wg1.asp
Recommendations from Working Group 2 (administrative structure/process and
budget procedures/processes): https://oldweb.ait.ac.th/interimpage/AIT_user/wg/wg2.asp
Recommendations from Working Group 3 (AIT Long-term strategies, 2006-2010):
https://oldweb.ait.ac.th/interimpage/AIT_user/wg/wg3.asp
Education Subsidy: https://oldweb.ait.ac.th/interimpage/AIT_user/wg/edu.asp