Factors Affecting Community Management during Crisis for the Sustainability of Underprivilege People

Abstract

Thailand prioritizes country development for sustainability, emphasizing local economy promotion and development via the Thailand 4.0 policy as the guideline for personnel potential enhancement to moving the country forward and competitiveness under a crisis and changing unpredictable circumstances. Therefore, risks are affecting the economy of the nation, community, and the living of people, particularly underprivileged people who has no life security and assurance. For this reason, the relevant agencies and communities should implement efficient management, so they are self-reliant and can survive. This research applied the concept of Sufficiency Economy to examine the factors affecting the success (primary factors and secondary factors) of community management during a crisis through the perspective of the community leaders council, who were the experts. Fuzzy Delphi Method (FDM) was used for data analysis based on experts’ consensus. The findings indicated that the significant criteria affecting the success of the crisis community management of the underprivileged people is “Crisis Leadership” and the most significant sub-criteria is “Opportunity from Crisis” (8.50), followed by “Reliability” (5.38) and then, “Household Economy” (5.13) and “Food Stability” (5.13), respectively. The research results are practical for planning and for application as the data to promote and assist the underprivileged people in Thailand based on the sufficiency economy philosophy approach so that they can deal with any crisis accordingly, which will help to save time and the budget.