DEVELOPMENT OF A TRAINING PROGRAM ON INTELLIGENT MAINTENANCE MONITORING AND REPORTING SYSTEMS FOR THE HOTEL INDUSTRY

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Hanphon Mitwong
Weerayut Sutsomboon
Sitthichai Kaewkueakul
Chatchai Kaewdee
Weeraphol Pansrinual

Abstract

The objectives of this study were to 1) develop a training curriculum, 2) examine its effectiveness, 3) compare the learning achievement of trainees, and 4) to evaluate their satisfaction with the training program on intelligent monitoring, tracking, and reporting technology for maintenance in the hotel industry. The sample group consisted of 15 hotel engineering staff purposively selected from the Association of Engineering Managers and Skilled Technicians of Southern Thailand. The research instruments included the curriculum, achievement tests, worksheets, and a satisfaction questionnaire. Instrument quality was verified using the Item Objective Congruence Index (IOC), item difficulty and discrimination indices, KR-20, and Cronbach’s alpha. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics (mean, standard deviation), inferential statistics (a paired-samples t-test), and efficiency analysis (E1/E2).


The results revealed that 1) the developed training curriculum was clear, comprehensive, and applicable. The achievement test showed acceptable reliability with a KR-20 value of 0.73, while the satisfaction questionnaire demonstrated high reliability with a Cronbach’s Alpha of 0.90; 2) the training program achieved good efficiency in both theory and practice, with theoretical process/result efficiency of 76.67/80.33 and practical efficiency of 71.14/75.33, meeting the established criteria; 3) the t-test value was 11.084, indicating that post-training scores were significantly higher than pre-training scores, and 4) overall satisfaction with the training was at a high level (equation =  4.21, SD  =  0.65), with the highest rating given to learning outcomes, while satisfaction with training materials, methods, instructors, and content was at a high level.

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