The Role of Community Leaders and Local Development in Ban Na Sub-District, Ban Na District, Nakhon Nayok Province Patcharee Klommeung Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Phranakhon Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand Key words: Community leadership roles, local Abstract: The research on the role of community leaders development, Nakhon Nayok province and local development in Ban Na Subdistrict, Ban Na District, Nakhon Nayok Province. It is intended to study roles of community leaders and local development important political conditions related to the role of Corresponding Author: community leaders and local development and role model Patcharee Klommeung of community leaders and local development in the area Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Phranakhon of Ban Na Subdistrict, Ban Na District, Nakhon Nayok Rajabhat University, Bangkok, Thailand Province. It is a qualitative research by interviewing the key informants, namely the village headman and Page No.: 92-98 community leader. A total of 20 people were used to Volume: 16, Issue 5, 2021 obtain the qualitative data obtained from the data ISSN: 1818-5800 collection. They were analyzed by inductive interpretation The Social Sciences and logical analysis and then used to describe the results Copy Right: Medwell Publications of the data analysis. INTRODUCTION authority to the local area. Has the authority to manage the community. In economic, social, political and Local government It is one of the important environmental development This means building and objectives in the development of the country and is of developing local economies with stability, financial great importance to the administration of local wealth, marketing. Both in distribution and consumption development in accordance with the current situation. So, The local people are in good health. Both physically and that the local can rely on themselves effectively It is also mentally to promote a thorough education Income a center for economic development. Society and Politics distribution occurs. People are safe in their daily life. which will strengthen the local community and develop Including the maintenance of good local culture and the country as a whole. The government by the Ministry traditions. of Interior has decentralized the local government in the The village and sub-district administration under the form of a district council and the Tambon Administrative Local Administration Act (No. 12) BE 2552 is part of the Organization According to the District Council Act and provincial administration with the subdistrict chief in the Tambon Administrative Organization BE 2537 which charge of the district. The village headman has to perform is decentralized down to the sub-district administration to duties as assigned by the district. If the government has allow local people to participate in their own local any work or policy, there will be an assignment to the government. There is an organization responsible for subdistrict and village headman to do so because the independent use of judgments, powers, duties and budgets government may not be able to arrange all of the officials in the operation separate from the provincial government. to conduct the administration thoroughly and adequately. As a result, the Tambon Administrative Organization is Therefore, assigned to the village chief The headman is a the starting point for decentralizing the administrative government official acting as the representative and 92 The Soc. Sci., 16 (5): 92-98, 2021 Community leadership roles Local development Operation Promotion Politics Society and culture Coordination Support Economy Resources and environment The important political conditions are related to the role of community leaders in local development Political Participation Values and Network building structure political culture Model of Community Leadership Role and Local Development in Ban Na Sub-district Ban Na District, Nakhon Nayok Province Fig. 1: Conceptual framework for research watcher of the government. He is the leader of state policy formal and informal community leaders, especially, the to inform villagers in the villages and help facilitate role of community leaders in local development. state policy services to the people in their area. Meanwhile, the village chief The headman also acts as a MATERIALS AND METHODS representative of the people in dealing with the government. The village headman and the village The qualitative research with a research area in Ban headman are therefore an important link between the Na Sub-district, Ban Na District, Nakhon Nayok government and the rural people, the supervision of Province. The main informants of this time are the village internal order and the security of the country in different headman, village headman and community leader, total of areas was also done through the village chief with the 20 people. The tools used in the research were village headman (Fig. 1). Documentary Analysis on issues of community leadership Community leaders are of great importance to the roles, local development and related research) In-depth development of the local and the community. The Interview, there are semi-structured interviews, open- Research on “The role of community leaders and local ended questions Observation form participant (Participant development” is a research study on the behavior of Observation) and non-participant observation and) a community leaders which is the role of community leader record (Field Note) or a note taking form which is very It is considered an elite in a very active community. It important because it helps prevent forgetfulness It is used reflects the influence in practice and will cause the effect for recording to gather various information during the of change or aim to meet the needs of that community in research. Data collection in this research. The qualitative a direction in line with the flow of decentralization of the data was collected by the researcher personally state by giving opportunities for the community to interviewing the key informants. The researcher then used participate locally and can come in and fix to the interviewed data to examine the collected data by promote the quality of life of the people who are the ones means of data triangulation. After that, the researcher who dictate different directions. These are all formed by analyzed the data using inductive interpretation and 93 The Soc. Sci., 16 (5): 92-98, 2021 logical analysis and use of descriptive in presenting the The role model for community leadership and local analysis of the data by summarizing the details of the development in Ban Na Sub district, Ban Na District, objectives. NakhonNayok Province, such as the role of community leader and local development community leaders must Research objectives: maintain or coexist with community members, i.e. close C To study the role of community leaders and local to the community. Have relationships with people in the development in Ban Na Sub-District, Ban Na community and accepted by the people in the community. District, Nakhon Nayok Province In addition, community leaders must be responsible for C To study important political conditions related to the the mission of the community to achieve its objectives. role of community leaders and local development in How to work with consistency, understand and have to Ban Na Subdistrict, Ban Na District, Nakhon Nayok work towards your goals. Community leaders will also Province have a role to play, coordinate, support and promote. It C To study the model of community leadership role and helps the community leaders to achieve the local local development in Ban Na Sub-District, Ban Na development goals for the betterment of the local District, Nakhon Nayok Province community. It flourished in all areas, including politics, economy, society and culture. Under key political Research findings: The role of community leaders and conditions related to the role of community leaders and local development in Ban Na Sub-District, Ban Na local development. District, Nakhon Nayok Province is divided into 2 areas) The role of community leaders in the actions of RESULTS AND DISCUSSION community leaders is encouraging or encouraging change through the vigorous implementation of plans and The role of community leaders and local development programs. The promotion of community leaders is in Ban Na Sub-District, Ban Na District, Nakhon Nayok responsible for educating, training and public relations. Province To make people accept the implementation of various The roles of community leaders and local development projects in the coordination of community development are divided into 2 areas: community leaders, acting as a coordination between various leadership roles and local development. The details are as stakeholders, both the public, private and the public and follows. the support of community leaders supports expanding the scope of projects or activities for good quality and local Role of community leaders: Roles of community development in politics society and culture, economy and leadersin action it was found that community leaders were resources and environment. encouraging or encouraging change through the rigorous Important political conditions related to the role of and hierarchical implementation of plans and projects. community leaders and local development in Ban Na Continuous episodes in a cyclical manner consisting of Sub-District, Ban Na District, Nakhon Nayok Province is sparking ideas Study of community