Abstract:
The research, which is a qualitative research, aims to purpose guidelines on appraisal of business archives of B.Grimm Group of Companies and use these guidelines to appraise archives of this Group of Companies. The research samples selected specifically are 627 archives of B.Grimm Group of Companies, one B.Grimm Groups executive, three archival specialists or archivists, and one B.Grimm Groups employee. Data was collected from record survey, questionnaire submitted to archival specialists or archivists and B.Grimm Groups employee, and interview with B.Grimm Groups executive. Data was analyzed and presented in terms of frequency and narrative conclusion. The research results consist of two main findings. The first finding suggests that guidelines on appraisal of archives of B.Grimm Group of Companies should be written in a narrative form explaining the five significant parts of the guidelines which are (1) those who take responsibility on appraisal, (2) records selected to appraise, (3) appraisal criteria, (4) list of records group, and (5) records transfer. The second finding indicates that by using the five values designed in the guidelines, which are (1) administrative, (2) financial, (3) laws and regulations, (4) historical, and (5) other values, most of 627 archives of B.Grimm Group of Companies have historical and other values. In addition, after studying content and context of all records and classifying them into 18 records groups, it has been found that most of them are in group 18, which is defined as a group of records enable to include in other group, and group 16, which is defined as a group of records of Link Family. This means that most of the archives of B.Grimm Group of Companies are records irrelevant to the business administrative of B.Grimm Group of Companies but those archives are records that have been collected by Link Family. This reflects the relationship between the personal records of the owner or executives of company and the business archives in Thai context.