Guidelines for the Development of the 3-year Manpower Planning Process: a Case Study of the Khon Kaen Provincial Administrative Organization

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to: 1) study the problems in the preparation of the 3-year workforce plan of the Khon Kaen Provincial Administrative Organization and 2) study the guidelines for the development of the 3-year workforce plan preparation process of the Khon Kaen Provincial Administrative Organization as quantitative research. Data was collected from a sample of 165 people and was able to be collected from a questionnaire of 136 people, representing 82.42%. Statistical data analysis was used, including frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The results showed that:

1. Most of the respondents were female, aged between 31 and 40 years old, with a bachelor's degree and had an academic position. Most of them belong to the engineering department, and their service life/working period is less than 5 years.


2. In problems in the preparation of the manpower rate plan, it was found that the agency had increased demand for manpower but was inconsistent with the budget setting and the quality of the manpower rate was not balanced with the cost of personnel.


3. The sample group had opinions on the approach to the development of the 3-year workforce planning process, a case study of Khon Kaen Provincial Administrative Organization, as a whole, at a high level (= 4.36, S.D = 0.71) when considering each aspect. The aspect with the highest average value was the importance of the impact resulting from the manpower plan components of the agency's manpower requirements analysis and the analysis of the organization's manpower condition ( = 4.41, S.D = 0.72), followed by the review of the organization's roles and missions ( = 4.40, S.D = 0.64) and the least on the decision-making side of the power rate planning (  = 4.17, S.D = 0.76).