THE PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT OF THE PEOPLE IN NONG HONG SUB - DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANIZATION, THUNG SONG DISTRICT, NAKHON SI THAMMARAT PROVINCE

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study the participation in the community development of people in Nong Hong subdistrict administrative organization, Thung Song district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province; 2) to study the recommendations on the guidelines for participation in community development of the people by using mixed research method, for qualitative research a group of 21 key informants, collected data by using a non structured interview form. Data were analyzed by using descriptive techniques. For quantitative analysis: a sample of 370 people was obtained using Krejcie and Morgan ready-made tables. Collect data by using questionnaires. The data were analyzed; mean ( ) and standard deviation (SD).The results showed that; 1) People's participation in community development was at a moderate level ( = 2.56) when considering each aspect by sorting the average from highest to lowest, it was found that participation in receiving benefits was the highest mean (  = 3.32) followed by participation in the evaluation ( = 2.33) and participation in decision-making was the lowest mean ( = 2.26), respectively. 2) The recommendations on the guidelines for participation in community development were found: 1) The aspect of decision-making; the community should be organized to allow people to be aware of the community development plan and set the appropriate date. 2) The aspect of operations; there should provide opportunities for people to participate in operations or activities; design activities that promote the development of people's potential 3) The aspect of follow-up and evaluation; there should prepare a letter to report on each year's performance to explain to the public and present the results through social media for easy monitoring. 4) The aspect of benefit; there should carry out various tasks or projects in accordance with the needs of the people.