The Community Factor of the Rural Development

In the study local society and the development possibility of Tomești (Csíkszenttamás) were analysed. The village has been studied primarily in terms of development. One of the most important research questions was (and remains) how local society is fit to engage in rural or local development and what social problems hinder the development. The village camp research included questionnaire surveys, interviews and analysis of photographs, local and official statistical data. With help of the development stories, we try to draw general conclusions about the functioning of endogenous resources and social capital, too. It was demonstrated, that the strong community participation and social capital could compensate the inherited disadvantage and contribute to development. The local conflicts, tensions, party interests could undermine the best development possibilities. We concluded that without a strong local society, the local development initiatives could fail.

PEMANFAATAN PERANGKAT TIK BANTUAN USO UNTUK PEMBELAJARAN DI SMPN 2 SAKRA, KABUPATEN LOMBOK TIMUR

Universal Service Obligation (USO) merupakan program gratis penyedia jasa berbasis WiFi dari pemerintah pusat sebagai ruang pelayanan publik untuk teknologi internet (interconnection networking). Program ini merupakan program kerja sama antara Kementerian Komunikasi dan Informatika (Kemkominfo) dengan Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan (Kemendikbud). Tujuannya adalah memfasilitasi sekolah-sekolah di daerah terdepan, terpencil, dan tertinggal (3T) memanfaatkan perangkat TIK dan sarana pendukungnya untuk kepentingan pembelajaran dan komunikasi. Diharapkan guru dan peserta didik dapat memanfaatkannya seoptimal mungkin untuk mengakses konten pembelajaran melalui berbagai sumber sehingga kegiatan pembelajaran menjadi menarik dan sekaligus menantang. Tulisan ini merupakan studi kasus yang dilaksanakan di SMPN-2 Sakra-Kabupaten Lombok Timur, Provinsi Nusa Tenggara Barat. Masalah yang menjadi fokus penelitian adalah mengenai pemanfaatan fasilitas TIK bantuan USO untuk pembelajaran, baik yang berkaitan dengan pelaksanaan, dampak, tantangan, dan peluang pengembangannya. Tujuannya adalah untuk mengetahui sejauh mana perangat TIK bantuan USO sudah dimanfaatkan untuk pembelajaran. Metoda yang digunakan untuk mendapatkan data dan informasi adalah wawancara, observasi (pengamatan), dan dokumentasi. Data dan informasi yang telah dikumpulkan dianalisis dan disajikan secara deskriptif. Hasil penelitian mengungkapkan bahwa belum semua guru dan peserta didik memanfaatkan perangkat TIK bantuan USO yang tersedia di sekolah untuk pembelajaran.Universal Service Obligation (USO) is a free-charge service program by WiFi based service provider from the Central/National Government as a public service for internet technology (interconnection networking). This is a collaborative program between the Ministry of Communication and Informatics and the Ministry of Education and Culture. The objective of the program is to facilitate schools in the frontier, outer, and left areas in utilizing ICT and supporting infrastructures for the necessity of learning and communication purposes. It is hoped that teachers and students can optimally utilize it in accessing the learning contents so that the learning activities become interesting as well as triggering. This article is a case study conducted in the SMPN-2 Sakra, East Lombok District, East Nusa Tenggara Barat Province. The problem focused in this study is about the utilization of ICT equipment and facility aided by USO for learning, either related with the conduct, impact, triggering or its development possibility. The objective is to know how far the equipment and facility has been utilized for learning. The method used to gather data and information is interview, observation, and dokumentation. Then, the gathered data and information is anaylized and presented descriptively. The study revealed that not all teachers and students have already utilized the available ICT equipment and facility in school for learning.

Resource Regions as an Initial Base for Transformation of the Russian Commodity-Based Rental Economy Model

The article analyzes the current commodity-based rental model of economical growth in Russia. In the conditions when the Russian economy faced serious challenges and risks both within the country and on the outer contour, the question of inertial development possibility and the need to modernize the existing model has become particularly relevant. The aim of the work is to demonstrate the inefficiency, the exhaustion of the commodity-based rental model in relation to growth of opportunities and the futility in relation to the capitalist world-system laws of the development. The article shows that at the present stage the transition from the commodity-based rental model of economical growth to a nationally oriented model of development is possible through the implementation of a new industrialization policy, whereby the resource regions should shift to a sustainable inclusive growth.

THE IMPACT OF RECRUITMENT SYSTEM AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT ON THE ENHANCING OF EFFECTIVENESS IN WORKING THROUGH COMPENSATION AS INTERVENING VARIABLE AT NIAGARA HOTEL PARAPAT

Lake Toba is the biggest and deepest volcanic lake in South-East Asia, located in Parapat, Simalungun Regency, North Sumatra Province, Indonesia. It is the tourism icon in Indonesia andrecommended to be one of the Global Geopark Network (GGN) tourism icons established by UNESCO. The tourists visiting this destination are still as not many as other tourism destinations in Indonesia. Many factors cause such condition. Hotel’s hospitality service, which is an important role for tourism convenience, is not at its maximum quality. Therefore, the domestic and foreign tourists have not been able to thoroughly enjoy the beauty of Lake Toba. The low quality of services may be caused by the less effective of the recruitment system, career development, and compensation systems which result in the diseffectiveness of employees work. The purpose of this research is to analyze the impact of how recruitment system and career development on the enhancing of effectiveness in working through compensation as the intervening variable. The research is carried out at Niagara Hotel Parapat. The population of this study is 174 Niagara Hotel Parapat’s employees and 64 of them are selected as samples for this research. The method used in this research is Path Analysis. The result shows that recruitment system and career development (test-F) have significant positive influence over compensation. There is a significant positive influence between recruitment over compensation, but there is no significant influence between the career developments toward compensation. It causes career development possibility at Niagara Hotel to be too short and the compensation system to still be under the province minimum wage. Recruitment system, career development, and compensation affect positively and significantly to the effectiveness in working. There are significant positive influences among recruitment system, career development, and compensation with respect to the effectiveness of the employees work at Niagara Hotel Parapat. Recruitment is a dominant variable which influences more to work effectiveness rather than to career development, directly or indirectly through compensation. The research also shows that compensation is an intervening variable for recruitment system but not for career development.Danau toba merupakan danau vulkanik terbesar dan terdalam di Asia Tenggara yang terletak di Parapat, Kabupaten Simalungun, Provinsi Sumatera Utara, Indonesia. Danau toba adalah salah satu ikon pariwisata di Indonesia dan disarankan untuk menjadi satu ikon pariwisata global geopark network (GGN ) yang didirikan oleh UNESCO. Namun demikian layanan perhotelan, yang berperan penting bagi kenyamanan wisatawan belum dilakukan secara maksimal. Karena itu, para wisatawan dalam dan luar negeri belum sepenuhnya menikmati keindahan Danau Toba karena tidak didukung oleh akomodasi fasilitas yang disebabkan oleh keterbatasan sumber daya manusia. Ini disebabkan oleh kurang efektif sistem perekrutan, pengembangan karir, dan sistem kompensasi yang berdampak pada ketidakefektivan kerja para karyawan. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisa dampak dari sistem perekrutan, pengembangan karir, terhadap efektivitas kerja dengan kompensasi sebagai variabel perantara. Penelitian dilakukan di Niagara Hotel Parapat. Populasi sebanyak 174 karyawan dan 64 orang karyawan sampel. Metode analisis data adalah analisis jalur. Hasilnya menunjukkan bahwa sistem perekrutan dan pengembangan karir secara bersama-sama (Uji-F) memiliki pengaruh positif signifikan terhadap kompensasi. Berdasarkan uji parsial (Uji-t) bahwa sistem perekrutan berpengaruh positif signifikan terhadap kompensasi, akan tetapi pengembangan karir tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap kompensasi. Hal ini disebabkan karena pengembangan karir di Niagara Hotel masih terlalu pendek dan sistem kompensasi masih di bawah standar upah minimum provinsi. Secara langsung sistem perekrutan, pengembangan karir, dan kompensasi berpengaruh positifsignifikan terhadap efektivitas kerja. Perekrutan merupakan variabel yang dominan mempengaruhi efektivitas kerja dibandingkan jenjang karir, baik langsung maupun tidak langsung melalui kompensasi. Penelitian ini juga menunjukkan bahwa kompensasi merupakan variabel perantara antara perekrutan terhadap efektivitas kerja, sedangkan kompensasi tidak mampu menjadi variabel perantara antara pengembangan karir terhadap efektivitas kerja.