Sufficiency Economy Philosophy and Application to Management of the Community Enterprises in Chiang Rai Province

Abstract

 The research entitled “Sufficiency Economy Philosophy in an Application to Production and Management of the Community Enterprises in Chiang Rai Province” aimed to apply the self-sufficiency economy in order to motivate the community enterprise. The purposes of this research were to study and to compare the level of the self-sufficiency economy of production and management system of the community enterprise in Chiang Rai province. Data collection consisted of primary and secondary data. The study instruments were questionnaires, interview, and focus group. The findings were as follows: With regard to the level of the self-sufficiency economy of production and management system of the community enterprise in Chiang Rai province based on 11guidances, it showed that the level of the self-sufficiency economy of production and management system of the community enterprise in Chiang Rai province was at level “B-”, which was considered to be “fairly high level”. With regard to the comparison of the level of the self-sufficiency economy of production and management system of the community enterprise in Chiang Rai province categorized by business types and size of the community enterprise, it showed that different community enterprises had different application on the self-sufficiency economy practice. Regarding to the honesty or not taking advantages from the others, it was significant different statistically at .05 level whereas, the other aspects was not significant different statistically at .05 level. With regard to the differences of the community enterprise’s sizes in Chiang Rai province based on the honesty or not taking advantages from the others , it was significant different statistically at .05 level whereas, the other aspects was not significant different statistically at .05 level. In addition, it indicated that the enterprises consisted of 7-50 members and 51-200 members, they were significant different statistically at .05 level based on the honesty or not taking advantages from the others whereas the other aspects was not significant different statistically at .05 level.