The Development of The Community Financial Organizations Buddhist Master in Nakhon Ratchasima

Abstract

The objectives of this research were 1) to study concepts, theories, and principles of the Community Financial Organizations’ Performance and Buddha – Dharma principles for the Organization Management, 2) to study the current situations and problems of managing the Community financial organizations in Nakhon Ratchasima, and 3) to develop the community financial organizations in Nakhon Ratchasima as a model by the use of Buddha-Dharma. This study was a qualitative research. The key informant were 25 monks/ people. The research instruments was an interview, and data analysis by descriptive analysis.

The result showed that: 1) Concepts, theories, and principles of the Community Financial Organizations’ Performance and Buddha – Dharma principles for the Organization Management were that the financial organization was the saving of the village fund’s money for relying on oneself and helping each other. The Buddha – Dharma principles for the Organization Management emphasized on the members’ way of life in the right and appropriate way. 2) It was found that the management was the main problem of managing the financial organizations in Nakhon Ratchasima. Lack of knowledge and skills in accounting including organizing financial activities and documenting systematically for use in checking the shortage of knowledgeable personnel and willingness to work full time including some that are not taken care of by the relevant agencies or received in parts that do not meet the needs. 3) The development of the community financial organizations in Nakhon Ratchasima as a model by the use of Buddha-Dharma included the investigation of benefits, and Trisikkha principle/ The Threefold Training (Sila-percept, Samadhi - meditation, Panya – wisdom). Sila was about behaving themselves honest and following the financial regulations. Samadhi was about performing the good activities continuously. Panya was about analyzing and investigating each other together reasonably.