Comparison of Human Resource Management of Corporations in Songkhla Provinces

Abstract

The objectives of this research were to compare problems and needs of human resource development in different groups and sizes of corporations in Songkhla. The research method is divided 5 steps: size selection, documentary and secondary data study, key informants (42 informants, including 22 administrators and 20 employees), in-depth interview and group interview, and content analysis. The study found that not the problems and needs in human resource development of the eight groups are both similar and different; the similarities were needed the characteristic of employees such as optimism, enthusiasm, responsibility, communications skills. The perception of recession economy, the centralize organization structure, and the impact of minimum wage setting by government policy. The differences were potential of each size corporations, large corporations are more ready to manage their human resources than small and medium ones, in the concept that large corporates see the problem is normal but small and medium are more concerned with the problems of the individual, such as absence, stoppage, delays, punishment, etc.