KEPEMIMPINAN KEPALA DESA DALAM MENGHADAPI PANDEMI COVID-19 DI DESA AMONGENA 3 KECAMATAN LANGOWAN TIMUR KABUPATEN MINAHASA

Abstract

Menghadapi masalah penyebaran covid 19 yang terjadi sekarang ini masyarakat memerlukan peran kepemimpinan yang mumpuni dalam mengatasi kebebalan sebagian masyarakat terhadap penerapan protocol kesehatan. Hal ini juga yang dihadapi oleh desa Amongena 3, dimana masih adanya masyarakat yang tidak menerapkan protokol kesehatan sesuai dengan anjuran pemerintah pusat. Dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif (Juliansyah Noor, 2012) penelitian ini akan mengkaji kepemimpinan Kepala Desa dalam menghadapi pandemi Covid-19 di Desa Amongena 3 Kecamatan Langowan Timur Kabupaten Minahasa. Peran kepemimpinan akan dikaji dengan menggunakan pendekatan yang dikemukakan oleh George R. Terry (dalam Toha, 2007) tentang kepemimpinan. Temuan penelitian menggambarkan terkait dengan, dalam mempengaruhi masyarakat agar menerapkan protokol kesehatan sesuai dengan anjuran pemerintah yang telah ditetapkan, Hukum Tua mengalami hambatan akan kurangnnya kesadaran masyarakat tentang bahayanya virus covid-19. Pemerintah desa berupaya agar masyarakat desa mentaati protokol kesehatan yang ada agar virus Covid-19 tidak menyebar di desa Amongena 3. Jika dilihat kepemimpinan Hukum Tua dirasa cukup baik, dalam hal memotivasi perilaku masyarakat desa Amongena 3 kepala desa menerapkan langkah-langkah yang harus ditaati oleh masyarakat desa Amongena 3 agar masyarakat terhindar dari paparan virun Covid-19 dan virus Covid-19 tidak menyebar di desa Amongena 3. Selain itu Hukum Tua mengupayakan untuk selalu memberikan pengumuman baik di pengeras suara dan acara suka ataupun duka yang ada di desa Amongena 3 guna mempengaruhi masyarakat agar menerapkan protokol kesehatan di segala aktivitas yang akan dilakukan dalam rangka pencegahan penyebaran virus Covid-19 di desa Amongena 3.

Kata kunci : Kepemimpinan, Pandemi Covid-19

ABSTRACT

Facing the problem of the spread of covid 19 that is happening now, the community needs a capable leadership role in overcoming the ignorance of some people towards the application of health protocols. This is also the case with Amongena 3 village, where there are still people who do not implement health protocols in accordance with the recommendations of the central government. Using a qualitative method (Juliansyah Noor, 2012) this study will examine the leadership of the Village Head in dealing with the Covid-19 pandemic in Amongena 3 Village, East Langowan District, Minahasa Regency. The role of leadership will be studied using the approach proposed by George R. Terry (in Toha, 2007) about leadership. The research findings illustrate that in influencing the community to implement health protocols in accordance with government recommendations that have been set, the Old Law is experiencing obstacles to the lack of public awareness about the dangers of the covid-19 virus. The village government is trying to make the village community obey the existing health protocols so that the Covid-19 virus does not spread in the Amongena village 3. If you look at the leadership of the Old Law, it seems quite good, in terms of motivating the behavior of the Amongena village community, the village head applies steps that must be obeyed by the village community. Amongena 3 village community so that the community is protected from exposure to the Covid-19 virus and the Covid-19 virus does not spread in Amongena 3 village. In addition, the Old Law strives to always give announcements both on loudspeakers and happy and sad events in Amongena 3 village in order to influencing the community to apply health protocols in all activities that will be carried out in order to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus in the village of Amongena 3.

Keywords: Leadership, Covid-19 Pandemic