The Study of Self-development Needs of Workers in Internal Security Operation Command : A Case Study of Phayao Province

Abstract

          The objectives of this research are 1) to study the level of self - development needs of personnel working in the Internal Security Operations Command in Phayao Province in 3 aspects, namely knowledge and understanding in the profession, in skills, competencies, or performance in work, 2) to compare the needs of self-development of personnel working in the Internal Security Operations Command in Phayao Province, classified by gender, age, education, workgroup, working experience and positions in the field, and 3) to present the findings to the Internal Security Operations Command in Phayao Province to consider the position of personnel capacity and personnel development working in the Internal Security Operations Division in Phayao Province classified by status of respondents. The sample used in the research consisted of 46staff working in the Internal Security Operations Command in Phayao Province and the questionnaire was employed as a tool for data collection. The statistics used for data analysis were percentage, frequency, mean and standard deviation. Findings showed that overall the self - development needs of personnel working at the Internal Security Operations Command in Phayao Province were at the highest level. The need for development in terms of desirable characteristics was at the highest mean, followed by the need to develop skills, abilities or performance in the operation and the need for development in professional knowledge, respectively. In the needs classified by personal factors, it was found that the need for self-development of personnel working in the Internal Security Operations Division in Phayao Province, with different gender, age, education level, working experience, working group, and positions was to develop different desirable characteristics with statistical significance at 0.05