Human Resource Development in Local Administrative Organization in Rayong Province

Abstract

Objectives of this research were to: 1) study the human resource development of local administrative organizations in Rayong Province; and 2) delineate problems and obstacles of human resource development of the local administrative organizations in Rayong Province. The mixed method research approach (quantitative and qualitative) was used in this research. The sample population was 346 officials of local administrative oraganizations, chosen through multi-stage random sampling. In addition, 15 key informants were interviewed for the qualitative portion of the research. A questionnaire, and interview forms were utilized as the tools for data collection. The research results were as follows: 1. In term of the human resource development process of the local administration organizations in Rayong the data from 15 interviewees showed that: 1) On the topic of training, all 5 local administration organizations considered training as a very important activity. 2) For education, the local administration organizations could not offer scholarships to their officials to further their studies because of legal prohibition. 3) For development, the local administration organizations did not have clearly delineated career path development systems. 4) For learning, the local administration organizations in Rayong Province typically preferred top–down management. 1.2 Overall, the results of the human resource development process of the local administration organizations in Rayong were considered to be at the moderate level (X ̅ = 3.24). 2. The human resource development ploblems that affected the effectiveness of the local administrations in Rayong Province were as follows: 1) the problem of transferring of some officials from their local administration organizations to their hometown government offices; 2) the problem of labor shortages for some technical staff positions; 3) the problem of interpersonal conflicts; 4) the legal problem of continuing education for officials; and 5) the problem of external training being not in line with the internal needs of the local administration organizations in Rayong Province.