| dc.description.abstract | Village autonomy has generated optimism to accelerate rural development in Indonesia.
However, their authority to manage funds raises complex problems. This study aims to find
the tools for probe village financial management's dynamics and complexities. This paper
proposed using Soft Systems Methodology (SSM) as a systems thinking designed to
examine complex problem situations. SSM is a research perspective to analyze unstructured
problem situations into problem situations structured in a conceptual model appropriate to
the existing situation. The findings reveal that the SSM tool's implementation is limited
community participation, low capacity and competence of village officials, limited community
supervision, and village government accountability. Furthermore, the analysis proposed the
models, a system model to increase community participation in village financial
management, a system model for strengthening village officials' capacity and competence,
and a system model to improve village government accountability and village community
supervision in village financial management. | en_US |
