Model of Competency of Administrators in Local Administrative Organization in Trat Province Special Economic Zone

Abstract

          The study of the competency model of the local administrative organizations (LAO) administrators in Trat Province Special Economic Zone (SEZ) included three objectives: (1) to examine the level of competencies of the LAO administrators in Trat Province SEZ, (2) to examine the factors affecting the performance of the LAO administrators in Trat Province SEZ, and lastly (3) to compare the competencies of the LAO administrators in Trat SEZ. This is a quantitative survey study using the questionnaires as research instrument to collect data. In this study, the population comprised a total of 73 local administrators; including Subdistrict Administrative Organization (SAO) Chief Executive /SAO Deputy Chief Executive/SAO Secretary, SAO members, SAO Deputy Chief Administer, Mayor, Deputy Mayor, Mayor’s Secretary, Mayor’ Advisor, Chairman/Vice-Chairman/Members of the Municipal Council, and Municipal Deputy Mayor.  The Purposive Sampling was adopted. IOC was 0.887 and the reliability of the factors affecting the performance of local administrators in Trat Province SEZ was 0.985 and the reliability of the performance of the local administrators in Trat Province SEZ was 0.946. The statistics implemented included frequency, percentage, mean, and standard deviation, independent t-test, independent F-test One-way Analysis of Variance or Brown, Fisher’s Least Significant Difference (LSD) or Dennett’s T3 and Pearson's Simple Correlation Coefficient. The results found that: (1) the basic factors have considerable effect on the performance of the local administrators overall; in each respect of areas it found that basic factors affecting the performance of local administrators in four areas;  responsibility, self-confidence, acceptance of change, and vision, respectively, (2) the performance of local administrators in the Trad SEZ was high overall, in each respect of areas it found that the performance of local administrators was high in all four areas; main competencies, personal performance, functional performance, and administrative performance, respectively, and lastly (3) LAO administrators in the Trat SEZ with difference in age, education and income have different competent ices at the statistical significance level of .01 whereas there was no significant difference on length of service, (4) basic factors, driving factors, and  work factors  has an effect on  the performance of LAO administrators s in Trat SEZ at the statistical significance level of .01.