Evaluation of Village Fund Management Process: A Case Study Village Fund in Muang Si Khai Subdictrict, Warin Chamrap District, Ubon Ratchathani Province

Abstract

The objective of this study was to express evaluation of operational process of the village fund in accordance with PDCA principle, which consisted of Plan, Do, Check, and Act. The scope of the study concentrated on Si Khai Ok 4th village and Sanam Chai village located in Mueang Si Khai subdistrict, Warin Chamrap district, Ubon Ratchathani province. Accordingly, the overall assessment score, which was 84.0 percent, was exceptional. From evaluating the management performance based on PDCA principle of the both villages, their Do process acquired the highest score. That is, even though the village fund committees managed the fund at the best of their abilities, their Check and Act processes were not adequately efficient. As far as the results of the hypothesis testing on factor affecting the PDCA management of the both villages were concerned, the difference of Plan process significantly affected the process of operation (P-value) of the village fund (t-value = 2.905). In particular, knowledge of members of the funds significantly affected Check and Act processes of the village funds (F-value = 3.304 and 5.920 respectively). Regarding income level, the difference of income level of the members significantly impacted on Plan and Act process (F-value = 4.698 and 4.339 respectively). To illustrate, the members who had sufficient income for their daily lives usually participated in the village funds management. Likewise, the results of qualitative research stated that the members who had insufficient income for their daily lives rarely participated in the village funds management. Furthermore, another problem of the villages was filing accounting documents and software program given by the government, which was not consistent with the potential of staff and the credit conditions of the villages.