Institutional Capacity Development of Village Owned Enterprises In Sarjo Village, Sarjo District

Abstract

Through employment and community and village business empowerment, village-owned enterprises have a role and contribution to the economy. The main problems faced are not only capital, marketing, labor, technology, and market problems; what is more important is institutional capacity in human resource development. This study examines the institutional capacity development of village-owned enterprises in Sarjo Village, Sarjo District, Pasangkayu District. This research is descriptive-explorative in nature and uses an inductive qualitative method. The research strategy is a case study. This research focuses on institutional capacity, stages of institutional capacity building, and levels of institutional capacity development. The research location was a village-owned enterprise in Sarjo Village, Sarjo District, Pasang Kayu District, and informants were selected based on their role in developing the institutional capacity of the two elements. Observations, interviews, and collection of relevant documents were used to collect data. Data analysis uses interactive models and performs step-by-step analysis using linear and hierarchical techniques. The institutional capacity of Village Owned Enterprises is not yet optimal. This is evident from the capacity to use its resources is still limited. Stages Implementation of institutional capacity building has been carried out, but is still limited in the scope of each stage, in addition to limited knowledge in running its business. Meanwhile, the institutional capacity building carried out by the government in Sarjo Village, Sarjo Subdistrict, Install Timber District, has not had any follow-up stages in the form of technical guidance and business assistance stages. Institutional capacity development carried out by Village-Owned Enterprises is still limited, both at the personnel level, organizational level development and system (rule) level development. Based on the description above, it shows weak entrepreneurial skills, such as enthusiasm, attitude, action, and knowledge. Studies show that networking is a business characteristic of Sarjo Village, Sarjo District, Pasang Kayu District, which is very important for the existence, survival and sustainability of the business.