Abstract:
This mixed methodology of both quantitative and qualitative research aimed at: 1) studying income budget management as development guidelines for King Mongkuts University of Technology North Bangkok, 2) investigating the opinions of administrators on the university budget management, 3) investigating the opinions of the operators in Budgeting Division on the universitys budget management, and 4) suggesting guidelines to develop the income budget management of King Mongkuts University of Technology North Bangkok. The data were gathered from 30 administrators from every Faculty and 50 operators in Budgeting Divisions and the heads of the Office of the Dean through the questionnaires and in-depth interview with the results as follows. The operation of income budget should be separated from the annual government budget due to the fixed timeframe which can be spent according the annual plan. The estimation of annual income budget should be based on the analysis of the previous year income together with the current student number and the number of the prospective students. The income classification and distribution should be based on the proportion of the mission workloads and responsibility of each department or faculty. The operation of the income budget plan should be conduct promptly after the revision of the previous year government-budget plan. There should be a follow-up process to control the spending of the income budget through the 3-D accounting system in order to analyze the spending and find its trend. There should be a staff development training for the operators in the Budget and Planning Division. So, they can develop themselves particularly on more effective analytical operation.