Abstract

               The purposes of this study were 1) to examine the opinion of people towards leadership development of sub-district headman, village headman, Maepuka sub-district, Sankamphaeng district, Chiang Mai province. 2) to compare the opinion of people towards leadership development of sub-district headman, village headman, Maepuka sub-district, Sankamphaeng district, Chiang Mai province classified by personal factors. 3) to investigate the problems, obstacles and suggestions the opinion of people towards leadership development of sub-district headman, village headman, Maepuka sub-district, Sankamphaeng district, Chiang Mai province. 4) to explore the opinion of people towards leadership development according to the principle of Dutiyapapanika Sutta of sub-district headman, village headman, Maepuka sub-district, Sankamphaeng district, Chiang Mai province.  The research used mixed method research by using quantitative research and the samples were 374 people who live in Maepuka sub-district, Sankamphaeng district, Chiang Mai province by using the formula of Taro Yamane. The data collection was a questionnaire and the analysis of data has been done by frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation. The qualitative research method used by interview with the key of informant 11 persons. Then, the significant summary of interview and content analysis was presented by descriptive interpretation.

The findings of this research as follows:

               1) The opinion of respondent about leadership development of sub-district headman, village headman, Maepuka sub-district, Sankamphaeng district, Chiang Mai province was overall at the high level in all aspects with the mean equal to (=4.04). When considering in each aspect, the respondents had the opinion towards leadership development was at high level, including the focusing coordination was (=4.08). Followed by the focusing regulations was (=4.07) and the focusing relations was (=4.02).  The focusing work was at the lowest level (=3.99).

               2) The comparison result of opinion level of respondents classified by personal factors, it was found that gender, age, education, occupation and income towards the opinion of  leadership development of sub-district headman, village headman, Maepuka sub-district, Sankamphaeng district, Chiang Mai province were not different. Then, rejected the hypothesis.

               3) The result study of problems, obstacles was found that the leader did not interest in the problem throughout people needs truly, lack of the knowledge and capability in addminstration and using personal feeling to work of uncorrected some consideration and some leader did not have relation with the villagers.  The suggestions were found that the leader should study the people problems and needs perceptively for solving the problems correctly, appropriately to that condition, had to perform the work assigned from official and community willingly. There should be done success, had to work that can be a concrete for the most successfulness and the best quality and the reliable trust. The villagers will participate in more other aspects and had to be coordinator in many aspects, focused on making a good relation with community and should have generousness and sincerity in solving the problems. 

               4) The key of informant interview about leadership development of sub-district headman, village headman, Maepuka sub-district, Sankamphaeng district, Chiang Mai province was found that the performance concerned with Dutiyapapanika Sutta. Especially, there were work vision, diligence, enthusiastic, work planning step by step, good human relations with person in all classes, co-coordinating with other organizations that concerned, able to persuade another person and follow the leader needs, generousness, sacrifice to common interest and able to work for objectives and high – efficiency.

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