CREATING A TEST AND MEASURING OF THE KNOWLEDGE ON GOOD GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLE OF THE CO-OPERATIVE: A CASE STUDY OF ROYAL IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT SAVINGS AND CREDIT CO-OPERATIVE LIMITEDCREATING A TEST AND MEASURING OF THE KNOWLEDGE ON GOOD GOVERNANCE PRINCIPLE OF THE CO-OPERATIVE: A CASE STUDY OF ROYAL IRRIGATION DEPARTMENT SAVINGS AND CREDIT CO-OPERATIVE LIMITED

Abstract

The objectives of this research article were to create a test and measure the level of knowledge on governance of cooperatives. The research methodology Quantitative Research. The samples were divided into 2 groups as follows: 1) The instrument quality examination group was the committee and staff of the Communications Savings Cooperative of Thailand limited to 60 people, which were selected by specific selection. Board of Directors and officers of the Royal Irrigation Department, Limited 30 persons, which is obtained from simple randomness Verify the quality of the tools Index of Content Accuracy With 3 experts, difficulty, discriminant and confidence. Analyze the level of knowledge about good governance from the Percentile and Normalized T-Score. The results of the instrument quality analysis were found that the content validity was a consistency index of 0.67 and above, the difficulty was from 0.25-0.73, the discrimination was from 0.40-0.80, and the confidence was 0.87. The results of the instrument quality analysis were found that the content validity had a consistency index of 0.67 or more, the difficulty was from 0.25-0.73, the discrimination power ranged from 0.40-0.80, and the confidence value was 0.87 Includes tests that passed 26 criteria. The governance of cooperatives found that overall, the board and staff had moderate knowledge of corporate governance. When considering each aspect, it was found that the main aspect of effectiveness, efficiency, responsiveness, accountability, participation, empowerment, rule of law, the committee and staff have knowledge at a moderate level. The main aspect of transparency and equity, the Board and staff have a good level of knowledge.