A Comparative Study of Management System of Local Scholars Network Center between Central Part and Northeastern Part of Thailand

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to compare the management of the local scholars of the learning network centers in the central and northeastern parts of Thailand in order to create the body of knowledge and leadership for the farmers who are interested in applying for their farming effectively. The populations for this study are 126 local scholars of the learning network centers in the central and northeastern parts. The samples used for this study are 65 local scholars; 25 from the center and 40 from the northeast. In order to reach these objectives, qualitative and quantitative research methodologies are used to anlyse. The data collection is carried out with structured - interview method. The results of the study were found that farm management and leadership style of both local scholars parts are not different. The researcher found some problems in management of the local scholars of the learning network centers. The center did not use the new technology for farming and the local scholars were quite old. Moreover, the center faced the labour problem as well as it did not use the statistics for accounting. For management suggestions, there should be the marketing promotion for the local scholars, community business, study tour in order to develop their experience and support their research and development. This might research the suggest government and non-governmental organization (NGO) to coordinate with the local wisdom network centers in order to help the centers to be the learning center and to promote the centers as the network centers and to realize the philosophy of sufficiency economy of the people in community.