PERANAN KEPALA DESA DALAM MEMBERDAYAKAN MASYARAKAT DI ERA OTONOMI DAERAH

Abstract

Beni Wandagau, 2015. Role of village head in community empowerment. Case
of empowering community of Karangturi Village Gondangrejo Sub District
Karanganyar Regency. Slamet Riyadi University, Thesis, unpublished.
This research aimed to describe the role of village head in empowering the
community of Karangturi Village in Gondangrejo Sub District of Karanganyar
Regency. The research method employed descriptive qualitative. the
techniques of collecting data used observation, interview and documentation.
The sampling technique employed purposive sampling. Data validation was
carried out using data triangulation. The technique of analyzing data used
interactive analysis model. Considering the result of research, the following
conclusions could be drawn. 1) The role of village head in community
empowerment included a) The role of village head in building construction
sector by reviving the mutual cooperation spirit among the members of society,
and in religious activity by means of celebrating religious holiday and
conducting monthly routine pengajian. The role of head village in building
construction sector was also undertaken through village administrative building
activity, in which the village head routinely examine the village financial
administration in the objective of minimizing deviation and making the expense
consistent with what specified in village budget and then reporting it to the BPD
(Village Representative Assembly). Village economic sector development was
also conducted by means of utilizing and managing the agricultural potential.
The head village also gave the private the opportunity of developing the
village’s potency in order to improve the village economy. b) The role of village
head in coordinating development. The role of village head in coordinating the
development, in which the village head always coordinated with the village
apparatus in conducting every activity. In addition to making coordination with
his/her subordinate, the village head always coordinated with his/her superior
like camat (head of sub district) and local government. The head of village
always invited the members of society to discuss either formally or informally.
He/she did it to stimulate the villagers to participate actively in development
process. The role of government, particularly head of village, was as the
facilitator of development. The head of village never discriminated his/her
people. So that, no jealousy occurred among the members of society leading to
social conflict. 2) The factors inhibiting the governmental organizational
development in Karangturi Village of Gondangrejo Sub District of Karanganyar
Regency included: internal and external factors. The internal factor consisted of
human resource aspect in this case the poor quality and quantity of executive
apparatus, inadequate work infrastructure, low quality of human resource (the
apparatuses of village government graduated from Senior High School only, on
the average), limited fund and the head of village’s attitude seeming to put
others’ interest superior to village development project. The external factor
included the public participation in complying with the Village rule, and interstatus
relationship.
Keywords: Village Head’s role, community empowerment building construction sector
economic sector development.