Abstract:
The objectives of this study were: 1) to study the components of management according to McKinseys 7s Framework of hotel businesses in Thailand; 2) to study the composition of the learning organization of hotel businesses in Thailand; 3) to study of influences during McKinseys 7s Framework of management and learning organization of hotel businesses in Thailand.
This research was mixed method research using quantitative research to collect 400 questionnaires from employees of 67 5-star hotels and supplemented with qualitative research by interviewing hotel staff from the manager level and up, staff in the Thai Hotels Associations and hotel businesses experts, total 18 people. The statistics used in the data analysis were: Analysis of Frequency Distribution Tables, Percentage, Mean, Standard Deviation, Pearsons Correlation Coefficient, Confirmatory Factor Analysis, and Multiple Regression Analysis.
The results showed that: 1) The results of the confirmatory factor analysis of McKinseys 7S management of hotel businesses in Thailand were harmonious with the empirical data, which passed all the acceptance criteria; 2) The results of the confirmatory factor analysis of the Learning Organization of the hotel businesses in Thailand were consistent with the empirical data, all of which passed the acceptance criteria; 3) The analysis of factors affecting being a learning organization of hotel businesses in Thailand found that strategies, management styles, employees, skills, and shared values can be predicted by the dependent variables, a learning organization for the hotel businesses in Thailand, was 62.50% with statistical significance at .05 level. The forecast equation in unstandardized was Ŷ = .988 + .083 (strategy) + .076 (style) + .091 (staff) + .322 (skills) + .169 (shared values) and the forecast equation in standardized was Ẑ = .096 (strategy) + .106 (style) + .115 (staff) + .409 (skills) + .194 (shared values) and the new variable discovered this time was employee happiness. As for the factors that were problematic for being a learning organization in the hotel businesses in Thailand were structure and system.