Pornthip Sutasirisab (2003) also studied the "People's Opinion on Health toward Thapae Walking Street Project." The purpose of this descriptive study was to survey peoples' opinions on health towards the Thapae Walking Street Project, and the study explored both general and health effect opinions due to this project. The samples were selected by multi-stage sampling technique from people living in Nakorn Chiang Mai municipality. Data was collected by using questionnaires that were specifically developed based on health dimension concepts, including physical, mental, social, and spiritual dimensions. The questionnaires were sent to 400 persons, and the response rate was 50 percent that were analyzed by descriptive statistics.
The results showed that 87.5 percent of the management function is the process of continuous and cooperative activities that managers use in order to help achieve the objectives of the organization. The management function, as explained by Siriwan (1998) and others, consists of planning, organizing, staffing, directing, and controlling. Planning is the choosing of mission, objective(s) and activities to achieve the purpose of the organization; in other words, it's the shortcut of an organization to go to the gold. Organizing, by a companies' viewpoint, is the management function that usually follows after planning. It involves the assignment of tasks, the grouping of tasks into departments, the assignment of authority and an allocation of resources across the organization. Staffing is the management function that selects an effective person to perform work for the organization with high efficiency and productivity. Directing is the way in which management commands and motivates people to perform work for an organization. Controlling is used in a variety of contexts to express "mastery" or "proficiency."
Respondents had recently visited the site of Thapae Walking Street Project. Overall, 40- 60% of those respondents indicated that the objectives of the project were the following: 1) to induce growth in the economic and travel industries, 2) to encourage energy conservation and pollution reduction by walking or riding bicycles, and 3) to sustain the project to advance activity for the quality of life among people. These objectives were established as the main goal for the project. However, the majority of respondents (65-80%) indicated two additional objectives that were not included in the main organizer's concepts: 1) to conserve Lanna's tradition and culture, and 2) to create more jobs and a new marketplace for tourists. Also, the majority of respondents suggested that the project should be improved by providing sufficient waste containers, car parking spaces, public lavatories, an enhanced security system, and communal transportation.
The opinions on health effects were explored by asking questions about both positive and negative effects on health dimensions. Levels of opinion were categorized into five levels, ranging from extremely disagree to extremely agree. Almost all of the respondents agreed with positive statements, such as, "The project created a new area for selling Lanna handmade products that induced higher income for people;" and yet, some respondents hesitated with negative statements, such as, "People could not participate in policy arrangement of Thapae Walking Street Project.