A Model of Competency Development Affecting the Administration of the Sub - District Administrative Organizations in Buriram Province

Abstract

                  The purposes of the research were to study competencies for the administration of sub-district municipality, to assess the achievement of the administration of the sub-district municipality in Buriram Province, to analyze competency factors affecting the administration of the sub-district municipality, and to design a model of competency development for the sub-district municipality. The mixed research methodology was divided into three phases. Phase 1: The qualitative research was employed for the study. The target population was twenty executive personnel of the sub-district municipality in Buriram Province. They were selected by the purposive random sampling method. The data was collected by interviewing twenty executive personnel. The content analysis method was used to analyze the data. Phase 2: The quantitative research was used for the study. The population was 2,718 personnel consisting of municipality council members, government officials and officers from fifty seven sub-district municipality in Buriram Province. The samples were 349 personnel of the sub-district municipality. The TARO YAMANE method was employed for calculating the sample size, and the samples were selected by the multistage random sampling technique.  The instrument was a questionnaire. The descriptive statistics used were frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation. Pearson Correlation Analysis and Multiple Linear Regression Analysis were employed for the study with the .05 level of the statistical significance. Phase 3: The qualitative research was used for the study. Twenty target population consisted of experts, executive officers of municipality offices, and academicians. They were selected by the purposive random sampling technique. Workshop was employed for the research. Analytic Induction method was employed for content analysis, content description and interpretation.

       Results of the research were as follows:

1. The study showed that the competency factors affecting the administration of the sub-district municipality in Buriram Province consisted of characteristic, work behaviors, public management, good governance, public communication, and working environment.


2. The average level of the achievement in the administration of the sub-district municipality in Buriram Province was at a high level (X = 3.82, S.D. = .65). The seven high rated items of the competency factors were strategic planning (X = 3.88, S.D. = .67), leading (X = 3.85, S.D. = .68), goal achievement (X = 3.83, S.D. = .74), work process (X = 3.82, S.D. = .69), human resource based administration including customers and stakeholders (X = 3.80, S.D. = .76), evaluation and analysis (X = 3.78, S.D. = .70), and knowledge management (X = 3.77, S.D. = .67) respectively.


3. The competency factors significantly influenced on the administration consisting of: good governance, public communication, public administration, work behaviors, and characteristic. The regression coefficient indices of T score were .334, .338, .088, .184, and-.110 respectively. The regression coefficient indices of Z score were .368, .418, .116, .137 and -.077 respectively. The multiple correlation coefficient index of the five prediction variables was .872. The percentage of the prediction of competencies was 76% (R²= 0.760, F= 217.83). The factors positively affected the administration at the .05 level of the statistical significance.


4. The study indicated that the competencies affecting the achievement of administration of the sub-district municipality in Buriram Province included 1) good governance, 2) public communication, 3) public management, 4) work behaviors, and 5) characteristic