MSMEs increases approximately 3.66% every year
(http://www.kompasiana.com, 2017).
MSMEs in Palembang in the development of the
enterprise often face various obstacles. The obstacles
faced are not only external, but also internal
obstacles. The obstacles faced by MSMEs generally
related to the capital aspect, permission obstacle,
business opportunity, marketing, the quality of
manufactured product, and the weakness in terms of
management, experience, and technology which were
used (http://trijayafmplg.net/berita, 2015).
Higher education as an institution which produces
intellectual community which has various resources
is expected to actively contribute in overcoming the
obstacles faced by the MSMEs. There are 20
universities with various faculties and study programs
in Palembang (http://www.dikti.go.id, 2017), which
are expected to help overcoming the problems in
managing MSMEs.
The theory used in this research is that
Stewardship theory views management as a party that
can be trusted to act as well as possible for the public
interest or stakeholders, for the interests of the
principal (community and government). Stewardship
theory describes a situation or condition in which
management is not motivated by individual goals but
rather prioritizes the interests of the organization
(Davis, et al., 1991). The theory assumes that there is
a strong relationship between organizational (higher
education) satisfaction and success. Organizational
success describes maximization utility of principals
and management groups. The utility maximization of
this group will ultimately maximize the interests of
individuals within the group of organizations.
There are several studies related to corporate
social responsibility in higher education (Dahan &
Senol, 2012), especially in terms of the association
between campus social responsibility to society and
the environment (Widyantoro & Subhan, 2009),
(Ekadjaja & Bunadi, 2012),(Youness, 2013), (Chen,
et al., 2015), (Gulavani, et al., 2016). Previous studies
have found that higher education institution has a
social responsibility to society and the environment
(Reinhard, et al., 2010) and CSR implementation for
MSMEs management (Darwish, 2014).
Overall, this paper begins with a brief explanation
of the problem and the research context that is
described in the introduction. After that, it is followed
by an explanation of the theoretical framework used,
research method, evaluation results and discuss the
findings research. The final section of this paper
explains the conclusions, implications, and
suggestions for further research
2 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
This research used qualitative descriptive method.
The process of qualitative research involved
prominent efforts, such as asking questions and
procedures, collecting specific data from participant,
analyzing data inductively starting from the specific
themes to general themes and interpreting the
meaning of data. The final report of this research has
flexible structure or framework. Whoever involved in
this research must implement the point of view of the
researcher which is inductive styled, focused on
individual meaning, and translated the complexity of
a problem (Creswell, 2007).
The object of research was thirteen higher
education in Palembang, which was divided into 12
universities and 1 polytechnic. The criteria refer to the
accreditation ranking of higher education and study
program which is dominantly “B”
(http://www.dikti.go.id, 2017).
This study uses a survey method with a
questionnaire instrument. Filling out the
questionnaire requires the availability of time and
opportunity and the ability of the respondent to be
willing to answer the questions actually. The
information was selected using purposive sampling
technique in which the informer has characteristics
according to the purpose of research. All the
population was made as the sample of this research.
Observation unit was 97 people, in university namely
rector, vice rector, head of research centre and
community service, dean, and head of
department/head of study program. In polytechnic,
including director, vice director, head of research
centre and community services, and head of
department/head of study program.
Type of data collected was primary data, which
was data obtained from the result of deep interview
with parties related to the implementation of CSR in
research location, observation notes, and then
completed by secondary data which was formal
document.
The data analysis in this research used Derrida
deconstruction. (Muhajir, 2011) tried to explain five
steps of deconstruction done by Derrida: 1) to
transform concepts, 2) to display them, 3) to turn
them again their presupposition, 4) to rein scribe them
in other chains, and little by little to modify the terrain
of our work, and 5) thereby produce new
configuration.