Human Resource Development Requirement for Government Officers of the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards in the Digital Age

Abstract

The objectives of this study were: 1) to study the human resource development requirements of government officers of the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards in the digital age; 2) to compare the human resource development requirements of government officers of the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards classified by personal factors; and 3) to study operational factors related to the human resource development requirements of government officers of the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards in the digital age. The sample group used in this research consisted of 121 government officers from the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards by stratified random sampling.  A questionnaire was used as the tool to collect data. Statistics used in this research were percentage, mean, frequency, Standard Deviation, t-test, One-Way ANOVA and Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r). Statistical significance was determined at .05.

The results revealed that, in overview, most government officers of the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards had requirement on human resource development in the digital age at a high level. When considering each dimension, it was found that the dimension on training had the highest mean, followed by the dimension on study trip, and the dimension with the lowest mean was education. The results of hypothesis testing revealed that government officers with different personal factors, including ages, genders, education levels, positions, years of service, and average monthly income, had no difference regarding human resource development requirements in the digital age. In addition, it was also found that operational factors, including Thailand's 4.0 Policy on career path, improvement of operational efficiency, advancement of digital technology, and administrative support, had a relation to the human resource development requirements of government officers of the National Bureau of Agricultural Commodity and Food Standards in the digital age with statistical significance at .05.