The Study of HR Trends in Electrical and Electronics Industrial Groups 2016 – 2017

Abstract

The study aimed to review the trends of human resource (HR) functions in the electrical and electronics industry groups during the period 2016 – 2017. The literature review during 2007-2015 compared trends between Thailand and abroad. There were sample 52 organizations. All respondents were in the human resources field. There were 29 people in executive positions at a primary level, 15 people in executive positions at middle level, and 8 people in executive positions at a higher Level. The organizations had been established for 21 - 40 years. Most of the organizations were owned by Thai organizations followed by Japanese organizations, and American organizations. They are big companies which have more than 500 employees, and have a registered capital of more than 200 million baht. The statistical analyses used are typology by content, descriptive statistics, frequency, and percentage. The nine important aspects of human resources found ranked from the highest to the lowest increasing trends were: 1) Performance Management 2) Employee Relations 3) Recruitment and Selection 4) Training and Development 5) Workforce Planning 6) Organization Development 7) CSR - Corporate Social Responsibility 8) Compensation and Benefit and 9) Career Planning and Development.

In addition, the study found the highest increasing three trends were: 1) The organization pays attention to spending time on recruitment and selection for finding the right person 2) The organization pays more attention to channels to recruit employees and 3) The organization pays attention to the linking of performance evaluation with compensation and benefit. The literature review of human resources management in both Thailand and abroad found that the trends were consistent with the electrical and electronics industries in Thailand, such as the organization spent a longer time on the recruitment and selection process, organizations selected the recruitment channels that did not require much investment to get the people they needed, and organizations have linkage between individual performance results with compensation and benefit by setting goals and individual performance indicators. Future research should compare the future trends of the electrical and electronics industry both domestically and internationally, both in Europe and in Asia, to clearly visualize the trends of human resources in this industry more reliably.