The Development Guidelines of the Organizational Model on Happiness of Departments under the Ministry of Labour in Bueng Kan and Nong Khai Provinces

Abstract

The purposes of this research were to study conditions and development guidelines on happy organization of departments under the Ministry of Labour in Nong Khai and Bueng Kan provinces. Mixed methods research was used separating as quantitative approach which data was obtained through questionnaires conducted with 160 government officials of the Ministry of Labour in Nong Khai and Bueng Kan provinces including public servants, permanent employees, government employees, and independent contractors by using questionnaires and analyzing data as percentage, mean, and standard deviation and qualitative approach which structured interviews were used with 10 informants including Ministry of Labour, Department of Labour Protection and Welfare, and Social Security Office, and directors of Department of Skill Development in Nong Khai and Bueng Kan province which were selected purposively. The results showed that 1) the factors that caused the organizational happy condition of departments under the Ministry of Labour in Nong Khai and Bueng Kan provinces were the highest mean of leadership and management, and the secondary mean of policy, welfare, structure, and organization engagement. 2) the development guidelines on happy organization of departments under the Ministry of Labour in Nong Khai and Bueng Kan provinces were to encourage teamwork, to arrange the horizontal organizational structure, to create a good working atmosphere, and to focus on public interest over personal interest. Moreover, departments under the Ministry of Labour in Bueng Kan and Nong Khai provinces should operate in accordance with the policies of the Ministry of Labour and adjust them to create a suitability of working happily.