A Needs Assessment for Developing a Curriculum on Relationship Building for Executive-Level Personnel in the Royal Thai Police

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Watcharapong Panittumrong

Abstract

The objective of this research is to analyze and prioritize needs assessment for creating a curriculum to developing relations at the executive level of the Royal Thai Police. The sample group consisted of 680 policemen. A questionnaire with 5 rating scales was used for data collection. The reliability of the questionnaire was 0.923. The data were analyzed by mean, standard deviation and PNI method. The research finding were as follows. Needs assessment for creating a curriculum to developing relations at the executive level was different. The mean of the item “what should be” was higher than “what is”, in both entire and separated aspects. After the evaluation of the needs process found that; the most important need for creating curriculum was police image creation, building relationships with partners, promoting knowledge in police work, participation support, empirical study trip and preparation of academic paper.

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Panittumrong, W. (2026). A Needs Assessment for Developing a Curriculum on Relationship Building for Executive-Level Personnel in the Royal Thai Police. Journal of Criminology and Forensic Science, 12(1), 45–56. retrieved from https://so02.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/forensic/article/view/273357
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