Vol. 1 No. 2 (2017)

The investigation devoted to the issues of risk management in the processes of municipal management. Based on the study of the interaction of formal institutions and informal municipal interaction, key concepts of uncertainty, complex and multiple-valued risks considered. Particular attention paid to specific stages of risk management: preliminary, interdisciplinary and quantitative assessment in risk management, and communication in municipal risk management. As a result, an adaptive integrative model of risk management for urban development planning has developed.

In the article the author conducts a study of the legal categories of monitoring carried out in the framework of the institutions of regulatory impact assessment and evaluation of actual exposure in Russian Federation. The work reflects the regulation on the monitoring as modern technologies of information monitoring and «soft» regulation of entrepreneurial and other economic activities.

It is discussed the application of information technologies in state and municipal management. The development of the technological base of digital government in Russia is examined. Examples of the use of cloud technology, social networking, Internet of things, big data and analytics in public administration are given and the problems associated with the use of these technologies are determined. The implementation of digital sovereignty in Russia is discussed. Analyzes The unified register of Russian programs for electronic computers and databases from the point of view of founding information and communication infrastructure subject to the import substitution is analyzed.

The main purpose of writing this article the authors, is to determine the specific features and models about the functioning of state and municipal management as a system of public regulation of social and economic relations in Russia at the present stage of development of information technologies and the information society. The result of research is the fact that the development and introduction of modern information and communication technologies on the basis of domestic and foreign experience in the public administration system. This approach in Russia is the need to increase the level of information activity of state and municipal employees and citizens of the Russian Federation on the use of different information content to address socio-economic problems. The conclusion from this study is that in the work of state and municipal governing bodies demand to ensure consistency in the use of information data in the development and implementation of management decisions.

The article argues that privatization in recent years puts on the agenda the question about the feasibility of developing multi-factor criteria that will allow more reasons to exclude the enterprises and organizations from the list of strategic objects and put them up for privatization. The article considers existing criteria for the classification of enterprises and organizations of strategic facilities in Russian Federation, and their classification according to various criteria. The author considers that it is necessary to take into account the consequences of privatization of these companies for the country and offers to complement the current criteria.

This article is aimed at defining the system and mechanism for managing public purchases of the Russian Federation. Also, in the article the models of organization of the procurement management system existing in the world at present are considered: centralized, decentralized, mixed. The positive and negative sides of all models are revealed. The current system of public procurement of the Russian Federation (the Federal contract system) is classified as a mixed model of the organization of a procurement management system. The main elements of the public procurement management system of the Russian Federation are identified, including planning, placement, execution, control and legal framework (detailed regulation of procurement activities).

The article deals with the institutions targeted learning and Stajerska as effective methods of formation of personnel structure of the state civil and municipal service through recruitment of the most promising and talented young people students and graduates of higher and secondary educational institutions, analyzes the challenges to fully exploit the potential of the Institute of targeted training and suggests possible ways of overcoming them.

It is necessary to develop a system of external and internal risks management of companies considering on a basis of new financial technologies by considering the context of “new normal”, escalation of geopolitical imbalances and extension of economic sanctions which slow down the growth of economy. Building the effective system of compliance-control which causes surfacing effect on the aftermath of sanctions and restrictions regarding Russian corporations is aimed at detection and decrease of compliance-risks connected with assets quality, quantity and quality of contractors and geographic location and other factors forming some unique environmental threats-opportunities profile of a business. In the modern conditions of a slowdown of the global economy and uncertainty growth the concept of a “new normal” has emerged. The latter reflects some change in global views of think tanks and practitioners on the agenda and growth factors of the global economy which correspond with compliance-risks occurrence.

The article presents different approaches to the concepts of strategic management, its goals in companies, justified by the assertion that the proper application of the strategic management allows the company to constantly improve, to transform in accordance with the market situation, thus shows the correlation between the effectiveness of communication processes and the overall performance of the company.

The article examines the trends in the formation of the state policy of regional social and economic development aimed at implementing infrastructure projects in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation, creating conditions that stimulate investment activity and public initiatives in the context of preparations for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

The article discusses the requirements for the formation of indicators of state and municipal planning. There is a lack of consistency in their establishment. It is proposed to use a system of indicators of functional connections in the form of tree indices, where the index of the first level the level of welfare. Another key indicator of labour productivity, calculated by dividing the added value by the number of employed, should be used at the organization level than is provided by the relationship of micro and macroeconomic indicators.

The article deals with the topical issue of the reform of the taxation of the oil and gas sector. The analysis of the special tax regime the "agreement on product division" and the application of the method of tax incentives through the consolidated group of taxpayers, all of their advantages and disadvantages are held, the conclusion based on this analysis is made about expediency of application of these regimes on the territory of the Russian Federation.

The paper examines the role of enhancing the effectiveness of management in labor potential in achieving the modernization of the Russian economy. The problems of formation of an innovative susceptibility of the labor potential as an important part of modern economic thinking. We investigate methodological issues of innovative development of Russian economy and government decisions aimed at implementing the policy of modernization.

Assessment of the role of the State is being actively discussed in the analysis of the processes of globalization-the largest framework changes in today's world economy over the past 25 years. Development of the processes of globalization required an awareness of the crucial role of institutions and the State as a guarantor of their economic development. There is also an awareness of the lessons of the scale of the global financial and economic crisis 2008-2015, with unprecedented wildfire engulfed the world economy.

The article proves the possibility of using foreign experience for the purpose of constructing an innovative model of economic growth in Russia, since the path of innovative development of the leading countries of the world is associated with the increase in basic macroeconomic indicators, the effective functioning of the financial sector, and the improvement in the level and quality of life of the population. It is underlined that innovations are the basis of stable social and economic development of the country. Comparative analysis of the Euro-Atlantic, East-Asian and American (the "Triple Helix" model) of innovative models of economic growth is carried out, each of which has its own cultural traditions, mentality, financial mechanisms and historically established systems of relationships. The need for close cooperation between the state, business and universities is being endorsed. To overcome the crisis and create conditions for the effective functioning of the economy, Russia must develop its own innovation model of economic growth.

The article deals with the basic principles of socio-economic forecasting, as well as their interrelation with the principles of strategic planning, which is currently aimed at ensuring national and economic security of the country. In addition, the relationship of these principles to the principles of the functioning of the financial and tax systems of the state, which ensure the implementation of various public (collective) and individual needs. These principles have led to the urgency of scrupulous monitoring, evaluation and analysis of various general economic proportions, both state institutions and other institutional entities, and expert communities on the basis of parity and balance of their interests.

The new wave of processes of transformation in the Russian economy (which is connected with the search for new instruments of recovery growth of the large-scale industry companies) has some strong impact on activity of business units and selection of methods of financing of infrastructure project. Development of a plan of actions connected with functioning of the large transport companies in the Russian market has to be integrated in the strategy of development for the country, and also consider some impact of state programs on development of infrastructure projects. In the conditions of modernization of business structure of “Russian Railways” (OJSC) and transition to the new investment and financial development strategy, the new tasks for the holding company are the following: cost cutting, efficiency improvement, providing innovative development and competitiveness of a railway branch.

The article discusses the features of the economic security of the Russian Federation in the context of food security development. Analyzes the processes of occurrence of Challenges and threats to food security of the country, caused by the imposition of economic sanctions. Determines the main goals, objectives and mechanisms to improve the state of food security policies.

The article shows that the Eurasian project is realized only with the active participation of the elites in its political and legal, institutional and expert support. The activity of elites in the framework of integration into the Eurasian Economic Union is analyzed. Value values are considered and the need to strengthen interstate cooperation in the field of implementing the Eurasian project is substantiated.

In this article authors consider evolutionary stages in development of national policy of Russia, open the main conceptual approaches in its realization in a historical section of existence of the Russian multinational state. At present, one of the topical issues is the problem of further developing and implementing the national policy of the state. The conceptual basis of this policy should meet the requirements of society's modernization and correspond to the parameters of a multi-ethnic Russian state.

The article problematizes the modern concept of "relay race of generations" in elitologicheskom dimension, considering the current situation as a determinant of intergenerational divide political elites change.

The article analyzes the direction changes of the identity of ethnic groups in the South of Russia, studied the process of revival of ethnic identity in Russia, discusses the ethnic tension rating of Russian regions, explored the causes of ethnic conflicts and clashes, is considered the ethnic structure of the region. Conclusions about possible directions and prospects of development of interethnic tension in the regions of the Russian Federation. Article is executed within an internal grant of SFU № ВнГр-07/2017-22 "Transconflict regions as a phenomenon of the geopolitical competition: social risks and resources of adaptation to humanitarian calls".

The article considers problems of formation of small business in the Russian Federation, as well as the data of sociological research the problem of small business identified in the Rostov region. The author analyzes the work of the party of small business, the results of its operations, problems functioning, and also experience of the organization in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation.

The article examines the different approaches of the Republic of Tajikistan to the issues of participation/non-participation in the activities of the Eurasian Economic Union, given a critical analysis of attempts to submit Tajikistan's accession to the Eurasian Economic Union as a threat to its independence and damage to international cooperation.

The article deals with the problem of forming a model of communicative control (value policy) in the sphere of regulation of interethnic relations in Russia. The authors show that the transition to such a model approved by the implementation mechanisms of national policies put forward the «Strategy of state national policy of Russian Federation up to 2025». However, systematization of the expert scholars of the South of Russia shows that in real communicative model policy approved by administrative methods. Overcoming this contradiction implies the state of building space of a real dialogue between the various actors in interethnic relations about public values, able to integrate Russian society, segmented ethnic and religious values.

The article shows the necessity of professional competence growth for the specialists in the field of national economy, it emphasizes some competences important for the higher professional level of the specialist. The article demonstrates the connection between professional images of students and qualities assisting to form professionally competent specialist. The authors analyze professional images of students' future professional activities.

The article presents a sociological understanding of the socio-psychological security of the Russian youth in the context of formation of social health of youth. Social health of Russian youth currently occupies a significant place in sociological discourse due to the complexity of the process of adaptation of young Russians in an unpredictable and changing reality. Socio-psychological security is essential for the full development of Russian youth. The formation and preservation of physical, mental and social health of Russian youth is to accelerate socio-economic development and ensure social and psychological security.

The article considers the process of Subjectivity in the institutional system of social security in the context of monitoring the situation in the South of Russia. The author makes a conclusion, regional society focuses on the problem in sphere of social security, however, the activity of groups such as the Cossacks, youth indicates the growth prospects of social subjectivity in this important area of activity of the regional society within the framework of "modernizing" the etatism (statist) tradition. The article was supported by the Russian Humanitarian Scientific Foundation № 16-33-01131 «Social and Humanitarian Technologies for the Prevention and Counteraction of Aggression, Extremism and Terrorism in the South of Russia in the Context of Geopolitical Competition in the Black sea and Caspian region».

The article presents an analysis of local government as autopoietical system with a dual socio-historical nature of political and social relations (state and civil society), the specificity of which is revealed through the historical state of the system, from which it must proceed in its operations, the degree of self-organization, the specifics of the social functions, the nature of social interaction and the ability to self-development.

The article is devoted to different kinds of barriers, hindering the effective communication in the sphere of management. The barriers in organizational communications are concerned. Substantial attention is paid to the language barriers so in oral as in written kinds of business communication. The necessity of taking into account social cultural differences of communicating people and also their individual peculiarities are emphasized.

In the article the confessional processes in multicultural region are considered on the basis of sociological research conducted in the Rostov region. The author describes the conflictogenic potential of interfaith interaction and offers the alternatives of its measurement in the course of educational activities. The article is supported by the Russian humanitarian scientific fund, the project No. 16-03-00545 "Institutional practicians in interethnic and interfaith interaction in the South of Russia: the cross-disciplinary analysis and assessment of the potential of its use in strengthening of the all-Russian identity".

The theoretical and practical aspects of the study of the problem of meaning in science and psycho-pedagogical education are considered in the article. The role of studying and forming meaningful orientations of students future psychologists in the process of vocational training is shown.

In this work, the authors as the main sociological approaches to the study of mediation as a social institution, use institutional, structural-functional and interactionists. This choice sociological approaches due to the fact that mediation this article discusses, from a sociological point of view, as a social institution, which acts as the instrument of harmonization of public relations, the transmission of which is the mediation exercised by the individual in a certain kind of formed models of behavior.

The condition and prospects for further development of luxury goods market in Russia are analyzed in this article. The author focuses attention on the crisis of the Russian luxury goods market and possible ways out of this crisis.

The article is devoted to analysis of foreign experience of economic security. Special attention is paid to the identification and analysis of factors affecting national security and ensuring economic and social conditions for stable development and support of entrepreneurial structures. Consequently, the proposed system of measures that promote economic security at the macro and micro levels.

The article is devoted to the consideration of civil society as a subject of political innovations. The author notes that civil society in Russia is an actor in the development of democratic institutions that implement the principles of the rule of law. Civil society institutions are able to exercise civil control over the activities of political power and ensure the country's innovative development in the 21st century.

In recent years, in many, if not most, countries of the world, both in scientific thought and in the mass consciousness, a stable understanding of the need for a strong and powerful state has taken root, with well-functioning institutions capable of ensuring a high standard of living for people, due guarantees of civil rights and freedoms, Create conditions for successful progress along the path of modernization, including political ones. These and other points became the subject of this article.

Effective management of industrial startups in the conditions of a globalized economy makes demands for the formation of a strategic management system. The key elements of this system are modeling of an effective organizational structure, implementation of resource allocation and development of a system of strategic development indicators.

In article questions of development of socially oriented non-profit organizations in Europe on the example of Great Britain, Germany and Sweden are considered. The main stages of development of socially oriented non-profit organizations in these countries are described. The legal and economic instruments of support of activity of socially oriented non-profit organizations used the European countries are characterized.

The article deals with the concept of "social security" as a special subject of scientific research, analyzes the specifics of the subject of social security, and outlines its main features. In domestic science, social security has a multidirectional interpretation. Since the social sphere functions on the principle of maintaining a certain qualitative and quantitative set of social parameters, in it, in contrast to other spheres, greater importance is attached to maintaining stability. In this context, social security is seen as a diverse system of using the available opportunities, values and traditions for the survival of society.

The article is devoted to the status of the volunteer/voluntary organizations in the modern political and legal system in Russia. Based on the analysis of the evolution of the legal model of data definitions and related terms in Russian law, as well as the concepts "volunteer" and "volunteer" in the historical context and contemporary political and legal discussion was identified the key traits that characterize these terms. In particular, the author proposes to divide these categories depending on the subject area of the activity: "volunteer" in relation to social phenomena and processes; "volunteer" in relation to the military and paramilitary sector. Also it is shown that such division will allow to avoid conflicts in law enforcement and gain more objective to use these categories in strategy policy documents related to socio-political development of Russian society.

Article is devoted to the analysis of an entity of public sector and determination of its role in economy of the state. The analysis of the existing researches of public sector confirms absence of uniform approach, including in regulations of the Russian Federation. As a result, the author focuses attention to need of a specification of the concept "public sector" of the legislation of the Russian Federation for the purpose of specification of functions and tasks of this sector of the state.

In this article author analyzes the factors and strategies of the non-profit sector development in the Rostov region. The author also presents some results of the observation called "Trends in the formation and development of socially-oriented non-commercial organizations (NGO) cluster in the Rostov region”, conducted in December 2016-April 2017. The main conclusions are given, including description of the main areas of the Rostov NGO; Development strategies for NGOs in the Rostov region; Main development problems and prospects of NGOs cluster in the Rostov region.

The article examines the characteristics of the international financial reporting system, the main trends of the company's transition to IFRS, the role of the system of interethnic standards in the life of Russian organizations, as well as their desire, potentials and significant problems with this process. In addition, attention is paid to internal quality control, its formation and basic approaches. Internal quality control is one of the important tools for reporting in relation to inter-national standards.

In article the gender statistics in public service in Russia is considered. On the basis of statistical data the assumption of the real and imaginary reasons of gender inequality becomes.

In the article the author presents the information and communication infrastructure (IKI) system as a platform/ On the conduct of the state information policy, defines the information technology factors (ITF) as public management tools (IP) related to the information technology group of the IP system tools. Characterizes, classifies and classifies ITF in a three-level format, determines their role as the dominant of the IP system development, concludes that information and communication technologies [ICTs] are characterized by dualistic significance in the construction of the IP system and from the management tool are transformed into a material basis for its development, Ensuring an intensive improvement of relations between the state and its citizens.

The article is dedicated to Professor F. I. Potashev’s historic research historiography standard setting criteria assumed as the basis to the textbook "History of State Administrating in Russia" (2010), as well as to two of his monographs "How the Russian Empire from Peter the I Romanov to Hottorp Nickolas II during 200 Years was being Ruled" (2014) and "Soviet State Administrating: ascent to Socialism" (2015). Also in the article historiographic analysis of his tetralogy is carried out.