Social Capital Management for Community Development in the Form of Self-Help

Abstract

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to study 1) context that affects social capital management and 2) to study social capital management strategies that affect community development in the form of self-reliant communities. This research is the qualitative research case study of Long Khong Subdistrict, Phrao District, Chiang Mai Province and Nam Kien Sub-district, PhuPhiang District, Nan Province, collected on multi-participatory research namely analysis and synthesis of documents, In-depth interview, group conversation and participatory observation.

            The results were as follows: 1) the context affecting social capital management showed that the social capital of the community were human capital, institutional capital, culture and wisdom, natural resources and environment. If there are community leaders, both formal and informal took a role in driving the community seriously would make that community strong and independent human capital was the key to drive development to meet the goals set. There were funding from various institutions in the area becoming network partners created engagement exchanged of knowledge by relying on cultural capital and wisdom was an element of the environment that existed in the community which included customs and tradition belief and other that was the identity of the community in which driving various activities allowing strong communities to rely on communities for development rather than the government would come to help. 2)Using social capital management strategies that affect community development in the form of self-reliant communities, it was found that community-driven operations were being planned and concreted coordination within the community people came in to play a role in studying problems, thinking together, making decisions and planning on operations and coordination. The management strategy that the community used in developing self-reliant communities was knowledge management. In which knowledge management included knowledge creation, Knowledge storage, Knowledge sharing and the application of knowledge social capital management was therefore a key success factor for the development of self-reliant communities in Thai local communities.