HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT OF COMMUNITY ENTERPRISES IN THE SUFFICIENCY ECONOMY LAND SETTLEMENTS, AGRICULTURAL REFORMED AREAS OF THAILAND

Abstract

The research on Human Capital Development of Community Enterprises in the Sufficiency Economy Land Settlements, Agricultural Reformed Areas aims at: 1) studying the contexts of community enterprises in the successful and unsuccessful sufficiency economy land settlements, agricultural reformed land; 2) studying the human capital development of community enterprises in the successful and unsuccessful sufficiency economy land settlements, agricultural reformed land; 3) studying factors affecting the human capital development of community enterprises in the successful and unsuccessful sufficiency economy land settlements, agricultural reformed land; 4) studying the human capital development approach of community enterprises in the sufficiency economy land settlements, agricultural reformed land; and 5) studying factors/conditions allowing the practical implementation of human capital development of community enterprises in the sufficiency economy land settlements, agricultural reformed areas. This research was conducted on the qualitative approach relying on documents, articles, related researches, in-depth interview with key informants, and focus group. The results showed that the factors influencing the human capital development of community enterprises in the sufficiency economy land settlements may be classified into external and internal factors. The external factors included the area condition and support from government authorities and other related agencies. The internal factors included the chairpersons of community enterprises or group leaders, management system, and behavior of community enterprise members. The human capital development approach of community enterprises in the sufficiency economy land settlements, agricultural reformed areas involved the training, learning, learning network creation, knowledge management, learning forum, studying from role models or model community enterprises, and self-learning. The factors/ conditions allowing the practical implementation of human capital development approach included the analysis of community enterprise activities relevant to the area condition, promotion and support by related government authorities and other government entities, chairpersons of community enterprises/ group leaders, and behavior of community enterprise members who spent
the loans relevantly to the fund’s objectives.

Keywords: human capital development, community enterprise, sufficiency economy land settlement, agricultural reformed area