3.1 Introduction
This research aims to understand organizational effectiveness, culture and process of the Court of Justice of Thailand and determine factors contributing to The Court of Justice of Thailand’s organizational effectiveness. The research is structured to gain intel from both court personnel and non-court personnel, then analyze them side by side to see correlations. The research collects definitions of relevant words and background knowledge from secondary data sources before comparing them to interview results and drawing conclusions and making recommendations to improve the effectiveness of the Thai Court of Justice.
3.2 Research Structure
In order to get insights in organizational effectiveness, culture, and process of the Court of Justice of Thailand, the researcher uses the qualitative research method.
Definition of terms, background and literature reviews, information gathering is from textbooks, news, documents, journals, and online sources. Qualitative data sources include semi-structured interviews.
3.3 Population and Sample Selection
This research uses the purposive sampling method. All of the population work or interact with the Court of Justice of Thailand in various capacity. The Sample Group is divided into two categories: court personnel and non-court personnel.
Court personnel sample group total number is thirteen and consists of judges in different roles and various court levels, namely, justices in the Courts of Appeal, trial court judges, research judges in the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeal, secretaries of courts, and judges in management roles, and court staff.
The non-court sample group has eleven persons, comprising of public prosecutors, police officers, human right lawyers, litigation lawyers, activists, and law school lecturers. All of them have interacted with the Court of Justice of Thailand in various ways.
3.4 Interview Questions
The set of questions of two groups is dissimilar since their roles and interaction with the Court of Justice are different, but both sets of questions aim to get insights on organizational effectiveness, organizational cultures, and judicial process of the Court of Justice and other related intel.
3.4.1 Interview questions for court personnel group are 1. Questions on organizational efficiency and culture
• What are significant skills for judges? Why?
• Have you had trainings provided by the Court on the significant skills you mentioned above?
• What trainings provided by the Court have you had?
• Have you had trainings outside the Court that help you work better? And from whom?
• Which skill trainings should the Court provide to make you work better?
• Are you satisfied with your learning and development opportunity inside and outside the Court?
• How could the Court enhance your opportunity to learn?
• What is outstanding culture of the Court?
2. Questions on judicial process
• Which part of judicial process of the Court of Justice of Thailand do you admire?
• How can the Court support your work better?
• Are you satisfied with the Court’s administration system?
• Which part of judicial process is the most efficient?
• Which part of judicial process is the least efficient?
• Name up to 3 things in judicial process you would like the Court to improve.
• Do you have trust in the Court of Justice?
• Are you satisfied with the Court of Justice’s transparency? Why?
3. General questions
• How many years have you worked at the Court?
• What is your current position?
• Please briefly explain your job description. (trial court judge, management role, research division)
3.4.2 Interview questions for non-court personnel group 1. General questions
• Do you understand the role of the Court of Justice?
• Have you participated in justice system at any levels?
• Have you been a part of judicial process yourself? (Witness, expert witness, plaintiff, defendant)
2. Questions on organizational efficiency and culture
• How was your experience with the Court?
• What is the most impressive experience with the Court? (Time, Service, Fair, Efficiency)
• Do you have trust in the Court of Justice?
Are you satisfied with the Court of Justice’s transparency? Why?
What are difficulties you experienced during the judicial process?
• Have your family or friends been a part of judicial process?
• How was your family or friends’ experience with the Court?
• What is your family and friends’ most impressive experience with the Court?
3. Questions on judicial process
• What are difficulties you experienced during the judicial process?
• What could make judicial process easier for you, your family, or your friends?
• How could the Court of Justice be more efficient?
3.5 Data Collection Method
The researcher interviews and collects data by interviewing, taking notes, and recording and transcribing interviews for completion and accuracy of data. The researcher then analyzes data, identifies keywords, and find relations of the data and keywords.
3.6 Data Analysis and Interpretation
The data are analyzed by content analysis, combining with data collection from documents. As this research uses a qualitative research method, the analysis will use keyword identification to analyze data. The data analysis includes finding common keywords used during the interviews in order to provide definitions of words of interest and discovering relationship among them. Data interpretation entails comparing interview results to previous studies, then collecting and categorizing suggestions.