Current Situation and Needs for Personnel Management of Surat Thani Polytechnic College

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to: 1) study the opinions of teachers and educational personnel on the current situation and needs for personnel management of Surat Thani Polytechnic College, 2) study the needs for personnel management of Surat Thani Polytechnic College. And 3) provide the guidelines for the improvement of personnel management at Surat Thani Polytechnic College. The population in the study consisted of 52 teachers and educational personnel at Surat Thani Polytechnic College under the Office of Vocational Education Commission in the second semester of the academic year 2020. The research instrument was a questionnaire on teachers' opinions towards the current situation and the needs for personnel management at Surat Thani Polytechnic College, and a group discussion recording sheet concerning the improvement of personnel management at Surat Thani Polytechnic College. The data were analyzed using frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation.

The results showed that the opinions of teachers and educational personnel towards the current situation in personnel management of Surat Thani Polytechnic College overall were at a high level. The overall needs is at a high level. When considering the needs priority index value (PNI_modified), the highest one was the needs for personnel management of Surat Thani Polytechnic College at 0.153 on average. Other top three needs included manpower planning and positioning, personnel maintenance, and recruiting respectively. The experts reported their opinions that the improvement of personnel management of Surat Thani Polytechnic College should focus on the defining management guidelines from the aspect of manpower planning and positioning, recruiting and appointment, personnel maintenance, performance appraisal, and personnel development. All must be inconsistent with each other and in a systematic operation. Moreover, there should be a master plan with an integration of personnel management and PDCA process.