GUIDELINES OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN SCHOOLS UNDER UBON RATCHATHANI MUNICIPALITY

Abstract

The objectives of this research included: 1) to study the opinions concerning the problems of the personnel administration of the schools under the jurisdiction of Ubon Ratchathani Municipality; 2) to investigate the practices employed for the personnel administration of the schools under the jurisdiction of Ubon Ratchathani Municipality;   and 3) to propose the guidelines for the development of personnel administration of the schools under the jurisdiction of Ubon Ratchathani Municipality. The samples used in this research were 213 people including school administrators, teachers and school committees under the jurisdiction of Ubon Ratchathani Municipality that could be divided as followings: 12 school administrators, 166 teachers and 45 members of school committees. The research instruments was a five-rating scale questionnaire with validity value equivalent to .95. Statistics used in data analysis were percentage, mean, and standard deviation. The research findings were as follows. 1) Regarding problems related to the personnel administration of the schools under the jurisdiction of Ubon Ratchathani Municipality, it was found that the overall problems was at a high level that could be chronologically arranged from the highest to the lowest as follows: labor force planning, recruitment, personnel selection and appointment,  evaluation of the personnel performance, and personnel development. 2) The practices employed in the personnel administration of the schools under the jurisdiction of Ubon Ratchathani Municipality,  for the personnel administration of teachers and local educational personnel of the schools under the jurisdiction of Ubon Ratchathani Municipality, it has been in accordance with the standard and criteria for the personnel administration of teachers and educational personnel as stipulated by the Ministry of Education. 3) The guidelines for the personnel administration in the schools under the jurisdiction of the Ubon Ratchathani Municipality were as follows. 1)  In labor force planning, in every semester, there should be: meetings for assessing the need of manpower; manpower planning; and job assignment in forms of committees. 2) Regarding recruitment, selection and appointment of the personnel, a survey should be conducted on the aptitudes and the needs of teachers for placements.  3) In personnel development, personnel improvement should be efficiently planned and up-to-date information should be available for personnel administration. 4) Regarding the assessment of the personnel performance, it should be fairly undertaken with clarified indicators and criteria that keep the personnel well-informed.