SET Annual Report 2014

Annual Report 2014

Employees training and development

Superb working environment and employee

participation

SET recognizes the importance of developing its human

resources by providing development programs to enhance

employee competency and career advancement opportunities.

In 2014, SET supported the training courses for executives

and employees which can be summarized as follows:

• Allocated 49 courses for executives and staff focusing on

leadership, management, team-working, and functional

skills enhancement. 80% of total number of executives

and staff attended 2,175 man-days in duration. Total

budget was THB 10,731,065.

• Arranged for senior management to attend training

courses organized by professional executive

development institutes focusing on various areas

of development including “Leading Culture Change

Workshop”, “Leadership Challenging Program” and

“Executive Coaching and Executive Program”. A total

of 182 man-days were spent in such training programs.

In addition, in 2014, a training program was provided

to enhance employees’ knowledge and understanding of

environmental conservation so that they could both become

aware of the use of resources and their value, and then

apply for use in their daily lives and at SET. Examples

of such training include: “5S Simple Style” in-house

training held on March 28, 2014; “Paperless Project &

5S” training conducted on August 15, 2014; and

“E-Waste Recycle Project” training held on August 18, 2014.

SET focuses on the importance of creating a happy

working atmosphere for employees, and offered the

following activities in 2014:

• Emphasizing work-life balance, SET offered some

leisure activities via a campaign called “Be(e) Happy”.

• Providing monthly knowledge-sharing sessions, casual

meetings, to update employees on health, languages,

information technology and environment issues. The

speakers were SET executives from each related

functions, as well as outside experts. Employees could

closely interact, discuss, and learn more via the

Q & A session.

• Providing employees with continuous block of leave

(5 working days in a row) so they could manage their

annual leave effectively.

Moreover, SET is committed to effective communications

and cascading between top executives and staff and

among all management levels. In 2014, the key activities

can be summarized as follows:

Town hall meetings

(3 meetings)

Chat & Share

(3 sessions )

SET Sawasdee

(3 issues)

A regular and continuous internal communications channel between top executives and

staff to enhance understanding among all staff on SET policies, guidelines and directions.

SET welcomes all employee views and recommendations and gives them fair and equal

treatment.

This session provides opportunities for employees at all levels to communicate

interactively with the SET president via closed circuit TV and online audio. Employees

can directly express various ideas and opinions on developing SET work guidelines as

well as recommendations on matters related to employee benefits.

These are messages from the SET president sent to all employees by email to

communicate on SET’s important activities and key operating results in line with

business goals, as well as to motivate staff dedication.