HUMAN RESOUCE DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES FOR BAN DONDANG REED MATS WEAVING GROUP NA-WAA DISTRICT, NAKHON PHANOM PROVINCE

Abstract

Objectives of this study were to 1) investigate the problems and obstructions occurring from the human resource development at Ban Dondang Reed Mats Weaving Group, Na-Waa District, Nakhon Panom Province and 2) observe the human resource development methods of the group by interviewing about their problems and their human resource development methods. The findings illustrated that 1) in terms of the individual human resource development, the members were lack of technological knowledge and ability; 2) the career development, members were lack of professional and delicate skills while weaving and most of them were also lack of expertise in creating the new and complicate weaving patterns; 3) the administrating of the job performance, it was found that they always faced the shortage of raw materials for production, 4) the organization development, it was found that there was no job rotation among members. They preferred to do the parts that they felt that they were expert at only. The findings led to the suggestions for human resource development that in terms of 1) individual development, several training programs should be initiated to enhance the members’ expertise and increase the competitiveness of the products and the organization; 2) career development, the right persons should be placed at the right jobs based on each person’s expertise and skills whereas a specific trainings should be arranged to increase the members’ specific skills; 3) the administrating of the job performance, networks among the group, several raw material providers and other groups that produce similar kinds of reed mat should be created to diminish the raw material shortage problems and produce enough products that meet the customers’ demands; 4) In terms of the organization development, jobs and duties should be rotated and the members of the group should be familiar with other duties apart from theirs in order to replace or perform other duties for others when needed.