Judul: The role of government official in the implementation of participatory rural development in Bone and Jeneponto Regencies of South Sulawesi Province
Abstrak: In the new autonomy era, the arrangement of government institutions in the region, especially in the participatory rural development is very important and urgent. The objectives of the study are to: (1) indentify factors affecting the management of participatory rural development; (2) analyze the supervision and the development of the government officials and the leadership of participatory rural development; (3) analyze the correlation between related factors of the management of government and the participatory rural development; (4) study the aspects of coordination and communication on the problems of development based on community response to the participatory rural development; and (5) formulate management strategic to the participatory rural development in Bone and Jeneponto Regencies of South Sulawesi province.The study was conducted by survey method and direct observation. The respondents were the total of 200 and chosen based on probability and non probability sampling techniques. The data were analyzed based on qualitative and quantitative and the Rank Spearman and Canonic correlations were employed. Several results of the study are illustrated. There are three important aspects in the effort to create the prospect of the management of government and participatory rural development: aspects of leadership, good governance and the aspects of sensitivity and concern for the officers. The level of stakeholders participation in all elements of Bone and Jeneponto regencies of South Sulawesi Province can be categorized as medium. Achievement motivation and increased competence to the officers should be a prerequisite condition of adequate welfare, a clear career path, and the improvement of internal aspects of the system and working procedures and institutional structures of government. Community empowerment program has been running well, but there are still weak in terms such as socialization and the awareness of citizens. One of the recommendation of the study is the strategy of extension through education and training and other programs related to new public management and human resources development of the government officials and the community need to be implemented and supported by political synergism between the government (as an executive) and the legislators in Bone and Jeneponto Regencies of South Sulawesi province. Bureaucratic reforms should remain the important agenda to implement the new public management by implementing universal values and local wisdoms in reality.
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Judul: Potensi Masyarakat Dan Kelembagaan Lokal Dalam Pemberdayaan Keluarga Miskin Pedesaan Di Kabupaten Bone
Abstrak: Kelembagaan lokal dibatasi pada organisasi pemerintah lokal dan organisasi kemasyarakatan yang terdapat di Kabupaten Bone, keberadaannya diharapkan mampu melakukan pemecahan kemiskinan melalui pemberdayaan keluarga miskin di perdesaan. Keterlibatan kelembagaan lokal dibutuhkan, karena senantiasa berinteraksi dengan keluarga miskin di perdesaan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk: (1) menjelaskan sosialisasi tanggung jawab sosial kelembagaan lokal terhadap kemiskinan dalam masyarakat, (2) menguraikan implementasi prinsip-prinsip tata kepemerintahan yang baik pada kelembagaan lokal, yaitu organisasi kemasyarakatan lokal dan pemerintah lokal, (3) menjelaskan perilaku masyarakat terhadap kemiskinan dan kepercayaan terhadap penanggulangan kemiskinan, (4) menguraikan tingkat aktualisasi perhatian dan tanggung jawab masyarakat dalam menanggulangi kemiskinan, (5) menjelaskan tingkat keberdayaan keluarga miskin, (6) mengidentifikasi potensi-potensi masyarakat yang dapat dikembangkan lebih lanjut dalam upaya menberdayakan keluarga miskin, (7) menganalisis hubungan karakterisitik, proses sosialisasi tanggung jawab sosial, persepsi terhadap tata kepemerintahan yang baik pada kelembagaan lokal, dan perilaku kemiskinan dengan tingkat aktualisasi perhatian dan tanggung jawab sosial dalam rangka memberdayakan kelompok keluarga miskin.
Keyword: good governance implementation, social responsibility, community potencies, poverty knowledge, South Sulawesi

Judul: Closed Knight’s Tour pada Papan Catur Berbentuk Persegi Panjang dengan Ukuran Maksimal 8 × 8
Abstrak: Closed Knight’s Tour merupakan langkah kuda yang mengunjungi setiap kotak pada papan catur tepat satu kali dengan langkah kuda berawal dan berakhir pada kotak yang sama. Graf yang terbentuk dari closed knight’s tour dinotasikan sebagai graf G(m,n), dengan m adalah banyaknya baris dan n adalah banyaknya kolom. Graf tersebut memuat Hamiltonian cycle. Sebuah graf terhubung G adalah graf bipartite jika dan hanya jika graf tersebut tidak memiliki cycle dengan panjang ganjil. Papan catur yang memenuhi syarat cukup untuk memiliki closed knight’s tour adalah papan catur berukuran 5 × 6, 5 × 8, 6 × 6, 6 × 7, 6 × 8, 7 × 8, dan 8 × 8.
Keyword: bipartite, closed knight’s tour, hamiltonian cycle, knight’s tour, teori graf