The Development of Community Products : A Case Study of Women Group, Ban Don Sawan, Moo. 14, Dong Ling Sub-District, Kamalasai District, Kalasin Province

Abstract

         The objectives of the research were, 1) to investigate the context and competency in producing of women group, Ban Don Sawan, 2) to develop community processed products to have various kinds using participatory research process and,  3) to follow up and evaluate the development of product design of women group, Ban Don Sawan that the researcher used the purposive sampling of 20 women from Ban Don Sawan, Moo.14, Dong Ling Sub-district, Kamalasai District, Kalasin Province. This research used a participatory research process divided into 3 phases as follows: Phase 1: Study of context, potential and development needs; Phase 2: product design development; and Phase 3: monitoring and evaluation.The research tools were the semi-structure interview, the satisfaction evaluation form,the training achievement test and the performance evaluation form. The results of the research revealed that;
         The community products of Ban Don Sawan  group, It was an additional occupation and an important occupation arising from that villagers have traveled to work in Bangkok and worked at a bag factory then returned to the business of sewing bags at home Therefore, a group was established in the name of Ban Don Sawan Women's Group. This gathering It is to encourage villagers to have jobs and earn income according to their knowledge, skills and expertise.
          The result of product development that allows group members to gain more knowledge and experience from study visits. and community product processing training with increasing knowledge design skills and processing of bag products And able to design bags in various forms. Quantitative analysis results in product design development The assessment of the satisfaction of the trainee members towards the overall training was at a high level. The results of the evaluation analysis of product processing training made members more knowledgeable after training with a statistical significance at the 0.01 level.
          The product model development evaluation results It was found that the overall design of bag product development was appropriate at a high level.