Abstract:
The purpose of this thesis is to study the nature and method concerning human resource development within the Siam Cement Co., Ltd. and the attitudes and opinions of the employees at various levels towards human resource development within the company. The problems and difficulties of human resource development are also examined and ways in which these problems can be solved are proposed. The hypotheses of this research are human resource development process in Siam Cement Co., Ltd. is continuously conducted and applies to employees at all levels, all employees from different levels have the same attitudes and opinions towards the companys human resource development process, the company has not been able to evaluate thoroughly the results of its human resource development program, and the company has witnessed an increased level of job rotation with more specialist employees entering the generalist field. Primary data is based on questionnaires sent out to employees from different levels representing Workers, Professional Supervisors and Manager levels of the company. The total sample size is 116 subjects. An analysis of the data reveals that the process of human resource development of Siam Cement Co., Ltd. is continuously conducted and applies to all levels, which result in greater job rotations among all employees and in particular a tendency for more specialist to work in the generalist field of work. Employees as a whole have different attitudes and opinions toward the human resource development program, concerning more investment in its human resource development program, the appropriate selection of employees to different courses. Furthermore it is seen that employee from all levels have the same attitudes and opinions that the human resource development program contributes greatly to the growth of Siam Cement Co., Ltd. Further analysis of the data show that the company has been able to follow-up and evaluate the results of its human resource development program on most of its employees but has not been able to evaluate the tendencies of some groups concerning some issues. Problems and difficulties of human resource development confronting the company are minimal such as lack of support for self-learning within the country, insufficient skill and knowledge of new methods and technology and no long-term planning. The level of the problem correlates to the level of the employee: Most high-level employees have little or no problems while most lower-level employees have little to many problems. Proposals stemming out from this research include more serious long-term planning, bringing in new knowledge and technology with regard to human resource development, and promoting further education within the country among employees in order to improve themselves. Efforts should be made to eliminate differences in attitudes and opinions among employees from different levels. Follow-up and evaluation on the employees who have passed the human resource development process should be effectively done with more emphasis on the working group, so that high-level executives will give more support and interest to the different training programs.