THE PROTOTYPE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INSTITUTE TO INCREASE THE POTENTIAL OF THE MANPOWER TO SUPPORT THE INDUSTRIAL GROWTH IN THE EASTERN ECONOMIC CORRIDOR
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The purposes of this research were (1) to study the current state of manpower and the demand for the characteristics of manpower in the Eastern Economic Corridor industries and (2) to develop a prototype of the Institute to Increase the Potential of Manpower to Support the Growth of Industries in the Eastern Economic Corridor.
The research sample groups consisted of the following: (1) a group of 17 experts classified into experts on system development, experts on management, experts on educational technology, and experts on personnel development; (2) a group of 30 entrepreneurs or their representatives in the Eastern Economic Corridor; and (3) a group of 453 personnel in the Eastern Economic Corridor whose educational qualifications being not lower than the vocational certificate level, all of whom were obtained by multi-stage random sampling. The sample size was determined based on Krejcie and Morgan’s Sample Size Table. The employed research tools were (1) an assessment form for the draft of the Institute for Manpower Development to Support the Industrial Growth in the Eastern Economic Corridor; (2) question guidelines for the focus group discussion to investigate the draft of the Institute for Manpower Development to Support the Industrial Growth in the Eastern Economic Corridor; (3) question guidelines for interviewing the experts; (4) a questionnaire for entrepreneurs; and (5) a questionnaire for the personnel. Research data were analyzed with the use of arithmetic mean.
The research results were as follows:
(1) Regarding the current state of manpower, the soft skill level of the workforce had the mean of 2.71, which was at the moderate level; while the need for soft skill development had the mean of 3.91, which was at the high level. On the other hand, the hard skill level of the workforce had the mean of 2.66, which was at the moderate level; while the need for hard skill development had the mean of 4.17, which was at the high level, with the standard deviation of 0.48.
(2) The proposed prototype of the Institute for Manpower Development to Support the Industrial Growth in the Eastern Economic Corridor was an independent organization established for conducting the study and research on development of the potential of manpower. It had two distinguished characteristics: (1) it was an established institute with the project coordination center being located in the Faculty of Education, Burapha University and (2) it was a virtual office consisting of six main components: (2.1) the philosophy, (2.2) the goals, (2.3) the resource, (2.4) the administrative structure, (2.5) the process, and (2.6) the evaluation and improvement.
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