INTEGRATING BUDDHIST LEADERSHIP FOR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT IN NAN PROVINCE

Abstract

Objectives of this study were: 1) to study the traits leadership of
communication leaders in Nan Province, 2) to study the factors influencing the traits
leadership in Nan Province, and 3) to present the development of integrating
Buddhist leadership for community development in Nan Province. This study is a
mixed researches between a quantitative research and qualitative one. The
quantitative study used a questionnaire with a reliability value of 0.981 for
collecting data from 94 samples, viz, and all of community development officer in
Nan Province for the analysis of this information. The data were statistically
analyzed using frequency, percentage, means, standard deviation, and Pearson’s
product moment correlation. The qualitative study used an in-depth-interview for
collecting data from 22 key informants and a focus group discussion technique with
10 participants, purposefully selected and analyzed data by content analysis and
descriptive interpretation.
The findings were as follows :
1) Regarding the traits leadership of communication leaders in Nan
Province maintain high level (μ =3.98) respectively be Technical skill, Human skill,
Conceptual skill. These 3 characteristics were the characteristics of community
leaders in Nan Province; administrative skill. It was all agreed upon that at present
leaders work harder that in the past, must develop oneself in many aspects more
than the past, Since it is the age of information, the technological know-how is the
must. Administrators must learn public relations to publicize oneself and the
organizations, Good administrators are the one who can tolerate the attacks from
all directions which are more now than ever.
2) With respect to the factors influencing the traits leadership in Nan
province: The leadership in accordance with Sappurisa-dhamma 7 was found that
the positive correlation in high level (r=0.830), statistically significant at the 0.01,
and administrative skill in high level (r=0.788) statistically significant at the 0.01

accepting hypothesis. Meanwhile,Buddhadhamma is the important part helping
leaders have principles to lead and develop the better quality of life of people in
communities. Buddhadhamma is the big and important matter. Leaders must have
Dhamma or principles of their own in order to live their lives in communities
meaningfully. Sappurisadhamma is the virtue of good man, make man the human
being, Good human being is the person who has good conduct in body, speech and
mind. He behaves righteously without harm. He is peaceful from all sins, not to do
harm to oneself and others. This is a good support and develop the livelihood of
people in communities. Sappurisadhamma 7 consists of knowing cause, knowing
effects, knowing self, knowing moderation or sufficiency, knowing time and place,
knowing company and community and knowing people, knowing how to select and
use people on the basis of individual differences.
3. In respect of the development of integrating Buddhist leadership for
community development in Nan Province it found that there were 3 aspects:
strengthening the capacity of community administrative were communication
synergy networking by mechanism development, and promoting the community
development plan to nation policy, the promoting for high performance
organization by quality strategic management communication, creative cross
communication happiness, participative and development to solve the poverty
problem, promoting the sufficiency village to cross village happiness, and
promoting the process of cross communication happiness. In respect of the
community development office, Nan Province should to paradigm shift, used
efficiency communication networking, people created development communication
plan, analyzed communication environment, database knowledge management
system for performance, activity participation networks, integrate Sappurisadhamma
7 community development to cross communication happiness.