STRATEGIES FOR PRIVATE SCHOOLS PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT IN NORTHEAST REGION BASED ON THE CONCEPT OF STAFF RETENTION AND HAPPY ORGANIZATION

Abstract

          The Objectives of this research article were to 1) to study the conceptual framework of staff retention and happy organization, 2) to investigate the current condition and the desirable scenario of personnel management of private schools in Northeast region on the concept of staff retention and happy organization, 3) to develop and evaluate the personnel management strategies of private schools in Northeast region on the concept of staff retention and happy organization. The multi phrase mixed methodologies were used to conduct for this study. The sampling group were 700 private schools in Northeast region in the ordinary type of private education, that affiliated with the Office of Private Education Commission that provided the basic education level (Prathom 1 – Matthayom 6). The informants were the school administrator and the school staff in private schools in Northeast region in the ordinary type of private education, that affiliated with the Office of Private Education Commission. The research instruments were the questionnaires and the interview forms. The content analysis, frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation and PNI_modified index were used as statistics in the data analysis. The research results revealed that:  1) the conceptual framework of staff retention consisted of 10 elements and happy organization framework consisted of 8 elements, 2) the current condition and the desirable scenario were found at the high level, 3) the personnel management strategies of private schools in Northeast region on the concept of staff retention and happy organization consist of 2 main strategies: the first of major strategy, Staff retention composes of 3 secondary strategies and 17 practical guidelines, the second of major strategy, Happy organization composes of 3 secondary strategies and 15 practical guidelines. The evaluation result of appropriateness and feasibility of these strategies were at the highest level and at the high level.