A Strategic Human Resource Development Model of the Royal Thai Navy
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This research aimed to study the problems and needs for the strategic human resource development of the Royal Thai Navy, create a strategic human resource development model for the Royal Thai Navy and to evaluate the model. Population sampling was 242 officials of the Royal Thai Navy responsible for the management and strategic human resource development planning. Key informants providing information for creating model with delphi technique consist of 21 experts. Model evaluation was conducted by 9 specialists of the Royal Thai Navy.
Research results revealed that the overview of strategic human resource development in the Royal Thai Navy, at present, was overall exhibited at a low level. The strategic human resource development model developed by the researcher consists of seven parts: (1) an examination of external environmental; (2) an examination of internal environmental; (3) a comparison between what the organization is and what the organization needs to be; (4) a determination of the objectives for the strategic human resource development of the Royal Thai Navy; (5) the development of human resource development strategies of the Royal Thai Navy; (6) the implementation of human resource development of the Royal Thai Navy; and (7) an evaluation of the strategic human resource development of the Royal Thai Navy. In regard to appropriateness and feasibility of the model constructed by the researcher, evaluation was carried out by means of focus group discussions in which the discussants were experts in the field. The discussants were of the opinion that the model developed by the researcher was appropriate and feasible and so held that it could actually be employed.
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