The Potential Development of Rong Lat Women's Community Enterprise to Raise the Grassroots Economy by Buddhist Peaceful Means
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The research article consisted of the following objectives: 1) to investigate problems and needs, as well as theories on Buddhist peaceful means favorable to the potential development of community enterprise; and 2) to present the potential development of Rong Lat Women’s community enterprise to raise the grassroots economy by Buddhist peaceful means. The study employed a participatory action research (PAR). The research tools were in-depth interview, a participatory operational package for enhancing the potential of community enterprise based on the PAOR cycle with 15 persons, and 15 participants in the potential development of community enterprise. The obtained data were analyzed by inducive method and summarized by descriptive method.
From the study, the following results are found: 1) The following problems and obstacles should be addressed in order to enhance the potential of Rong Lat Women's Community Enterprise: product development to build value added, role allocation in a systematic manner, product cost analysis and account management. The theories used to develop the potential of community enterprise include participatory concept, community enterprise management, and grassroots economy based on community economic philosophy. The Buddhist peaceful means favorable to the potential development of community enterprise involve Ariyasacca (the four noble truths), which can be applied to manage work in order to solve problems within group in a participatory manner, Aparihāniyadhamma (conditions of welfare), which can be used to strengthen the community enterprise. 2) The potential development of Rong Lat Women’s community enterprise to raise the grassroots economy by Buddhist peaceful means and a participatory operational package based on the PAOR 9-cycle can be divided into the following phases: upstream, which refers to examining problems and their causes; midstream, which refers to implementing according to the action plan; and downstream, which refers to using the identified implementation ways to adapt and improve the potential of community enterprise so that the community is awakened and the shared goals are realized. This involves collaborating on networks which promote sustainable development of community entrepreneurship. A body of knowledge gained is called ‘SAN Model’.
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