Abstract:
The objectives of this independent study aimed to (1) find out the problems of the merit consideration of local government officers in Mae Suai district, Chiang Rai province and (2) to find out the guidelines for the solution of the merit consideration of local government officers in Mae Suai
district, Chiang Rai province. The results of the study were found that the evaluator thought that the problems found were the low flexibility of the evaluation form on efficiency and effectiveness of the performance and the language used in the evaluation form was unclear. Moreover, the definition of the criteria in the evaluation form was too broad and not appropriate. As a consequence of the above problems, the evaluation form on the efficiency and effectiveness of the performance was inappropriate and unreliable. Moreover, in the merit consideration, it lacked of the consideration on the other aspects and the result from the evaluation was not used to be the feedback for improvement or development the potential of officers and organization. The opinions from the people who were evaluated appeared that they thought that it lacked of establishing on the understanding or providing the same agreement on the evaluation of efficiency and effectiveness between the evaluator and the people who were evaluated. The people who were evaluated lacked of the correct knowledge and understanding on the evaluation, therefore; the result of evaluation was not reliable. Moreover, the local government used the same evaluation form to evaluate in every position which was not appropriate. On the evaluation on efficiency and effectiveness of the performance, the people who considered the result of the evaluation was unreliable and considering of the evaluation result did not consider on the other information for the merit consideration. The guidelines for solution were recommended as follows; the evaluation form on the efficiency and effectiveness of the performance should be improved to be clearer, and simpler and the definition of the criteria in the evaluation form should be clear and easy for the evaluator to understand and to evaluate. The evaluation form should be standardized and appropriate. Before the evaluation, the meeting on the objective, criteria and the detail of the evaluation should be organized for evaluator and people who were evaluated and after the evaluation, the result should be informed to the evaluator. The result from the evaluation should also be used as the feedback for improvement or development the potential of officers and organization. The common problem found was the division of the local officer to consider the promotion was not appropriate because the group of evaluator who considered and the group of people who were evaluated were in the same group. The recommended guidelines for solution were as follows; the group of evaluator and the group of people who were evaluated should be separated. These problems were proposed by the municipality will propose to provincial committee on municipal personnel and sub district administration organization will propose to provincial committee on commune administration organization personnel to find out the overall problems and solutions of the provincial level.