Strategic project selection in public sector: Construction projects of the Ministry of Defence in Thailand

Effective and efficient selection of projects in strategy-focused environments is extremely vital for maintaining organizational sustainability. The process of decision making presents itself as a complex scenario involving multi stages, more especially in the public sector. Such scenarios facade as bottlenecks to the success of projects because breaking down complexities is inconceivable without a proper understanding of its content. Therefore, the objective of this paper is to explore and gain an in-depth understanding of the factors influencing three stages of the project selection process namely, conceptual stage, design stage, and final approval stage. In order to achieve this, data related to factors influencing construction project selection in the Thailand’s Ministry of Defence was collected and analyzed. The obtained result herein shows that 19 out of 32 factors influencing project selection in the three stages are significantly different.