The Factors to Self Help Group Management Case Study Bann Rai Si La Thong Mortar Maker Group

Abstract

This research studied factors affecting self-help group management. The research was done through sample survey of 67 members.  The case study taken place at The Group of Stone Mortar Making at Rai Si La Thong Community, Lampang Province. The objectives of these study is to study the effect factor to self-help group management.  Present time the stone mortar making group is registered by Thai Government to the One Tumbon One Product (OTOP). The internal and external factors in this study comprised of leadership, creativity, administration, cooperating, economic stability, marketing, public relation (PR) and environmental. Data collection was done by questionnaire and interviewing the group members asking about the relevant of internal and external factors which mentioned above to The Self Help Organize in this area.  The score will show from 5 to 0, the meaning are 5=Extremely, 4=High , 3= moderately, 2= low , 1=minimum  and 0=none.  Most of the result shows up in low and minimum score.  Only 2 factors are in moderate score which are the political and benefit factor. From the result it could be concluded that the stone mortar making group mainly focus on production and economic factors and the others will not have any effect to this group which have a supported data from debt portfolio of household comparison between before and after joining the group.