Vol. 1 No. 4 (2017)

The article analyzes the performance indicators of the state programs of social and economic development of Russia. The indicators of the implementation of a number of state programs "development of education", "social support of citizens", "economic development and innovative economy", "promotion of employment for the population" and others are described. The importance of the use of the programming tool for solving economic and social state problems is stated, at the same time, there is a weak goal setting of programs, weak interdepartmental interaction of government bodies in the implementation of indicators and program indicators.

The article presents an analysis of the theoretical basis that facilitates the implementation of an integrated and coordinated system of social protection and labor programs, concerning social risk management methodology. The introduction of the specifics of the application of social risk management strategies and instruments, using the example of developing countries, are disclosed on the basis of the portfolio approach to program initiatives. The article implements the author’s approach to interpretation of the portfolio of social protection and labor programs within the framework of the concept of social risk management. At the heart of the author’s approach, the principles of sustainability, equity, provision of opportunities and consideration of the effect of limiting factors are found.

The article considers the current state, as well as the factors of the development of an integrated commodity market in the Eurasian Economic Union (EAEC). The analysis of the normative legal base that forms the basis of the technical regulation in the EAEC has been made and the conclusions on the priority directions for the development of technical regulation and standardization for the purposes of further integration and increasing the competitiveness of the EAEC member countries business have been made.

This article touches upon the forming and development imperatives (geographic, historic, socio-economic and culture-religious) of Russian HR-management model. It analyses the peculiarities of instruments and technologies of Human Recourse Management used at different stages of economic development. The article shows the terms that transformed the practice of HR-management in Russia.

Results of a research of problems of reproduction of human potential and prospects in the conditions of innovative development are presented in article. The factors causing realization of target human development are systematized. The directions of improvement of reproduction of human potential are defined.

The article presents a theoretical overview of traditional and modern approaches and models of motivation and involvement of employees in achieving strategic goals of companies. The organizational-economic mechanism and management tools of modern motivation of workers' were justified, also the categorical content of the term "involvement" of employees in achieving the goals and objectives of the company's development was revealed. The author's approach to the development of motivation managing mechanism on the basis of a study of a group of factors and the application of cluster analysis is realized in the article. On the basis of the research it was established that the organizational and economic mechanism of motivation management is realized through the interrelation of various elements and tools of staff motivation and this mechanism is a flexible tool in the internal and external environment.

The article shows that after implementation of restructuring organization should constantly enhance its development strategy, should use scientific methods of assessment of inner and outer competitive advantages of organization.

In article the role of personnel potential as basic element of effective use of human resources of the enterprises in any field of activity is defined. On the basis of the carried-out analysis of effectiveness of implementation of the strategy of development for personnel capacity of the state vertically integrated company JSC Russian Railways has developed offers on optimization of management of holding by means of the implemented systems management talents.

The article deals with the main problems of restructuring and improving the public administration efficiency, as well as mechanisms for its regulation. A special role is given to the problems of alienating society from the state and the emergence of a fundamental contradiction in public administration during the period of technological change. Some innovations, especially in the field of information and communication technologies are needed to reduce these contradictions. The application of information and communication technologies leads to a new stage of the public administration development. The purpose of this stage is to increase the level of information completeness, reliability, transparency of public authorities' actions, and to create models for cooperation between the state, business and society.

In article the main shortcomings of Keynesian, monetaristic models and Ya. Tingenbergen's model are generalized. The proposed definition of categories of "target" and "tool" of public administration. The proposed management model based on strategic functional linkages between targets and indicators tools.

The article is devoted to the synthesis of competition and cooperation as an actual reserve of long-term regional development, a mechanism for interregional cooperation. This kind of cooperation aims to strengthen the horizontal communication within countries and to overcome the disunity of regions, it is an alternative to the regional enlargement, which has considerable risks. It is shown that the synthesis of competition and cooperation of the Republic of Buryatia, Zabaikalskii Krai and the Irkutsk Oblast creates the foundation for future development and the growth of the economy in the Baikal region, for active participation not only in russian but in eurasian horizontal integration processes.

The content-qualitative definiteness of income inequality of the population in the context of welfare theory is considered in the article. Examines the indicators to measure social and economic inequality. The factors influencing income differentiation of the population. Is the determination and classification of social inequality. It is emphasized that economic inequality is formed at the macro, meso, micro level and on the level of the individual. Examines the contribution to the development of the theory of economic welfare V. Pareto and A. Pigou. It is argued that in the information society there is a tendency of transformation of the concept of welfare and inequality is not always a negative factor hindering the development of society.

The transformations that have taken place in the country's socio-economic system in recent years give some hope for further economic development. At the same time, many intractable problems of the development of the regions of the Russian Federation, which are organizational, managerial, economic, political and social, persist. The subjects of the Russian Federation differ in most of the key socio-economic indicators. Over the past decades, interregional differentiation, due to the influence of various factors, has significantly increased. The current situation testifies to the absence in the state of the developed and ready-to-use effective mechanisms aimed at influencing the economic growth of regions and reducing their differentiation, based on existing development problems. At the same time, it is very important to define priorities and directions that take into account the territorial specifics and specifics for achieving economic and social parameters for the development of problem regions.

The article identified administrative barriers adversely affecting the development of competitive relations of market actors at the municipal level, and identified ways of overcoming them.

Currently, social inequality is a natural phenomenon in society. The socio-economic gap in the Russian Federation between the poorest and richest in 2016 totaled 16.5 times. The diversity of measures to reduce the social stratification and its implications tend to lie in activities for the reduction of poverty and the elimination of poverty. Great importance for the Russian Federation has the expertise to effectively combat social risk reduction of economically developed countries. This article presents modern methods and models of social leveling inequalities in the Russian Federation and foreign countries.

The article explains the importance of small and medium enterprises at the regional level, analyzes the main indicators of development of SMEs in Russia and in the Rostov region, in particular, including innovation and adaptability. Presents the factors constraining the development of small and medium enterprises and analyzed the import substitution potential of the enterprises of small and average business of the Rostov region.

The article examines the investment factors of economic growth in the regions of the Russian Federation, which ensure dynamic territorial development in the context of implementing strategic directions for ensuring national security, and the formation of mechanisms for increasing investment activity at the regional level, including at the expense of the territories of advanced social and economic development (TACER).

The key exogenous indicators of participation in process of accumulation and use of profit are given in article. Various positive and negative sides of the separate external economic phenomena are displayed. Examples of consecutive dependence between sharp change of one factor and essential fluctuation of other external calls are shown.

The article is aimed at researching the possibilities of self-development of the northern subjects of the Russian Federation, to which the Republic of Komi belongs. It is shown that the self-development of territorial socio-economic systems is a modern paradigm of territorial development, according to which the territories should strive for economic growth from their own resources. An approach is proposed to improve the efficiency of using its own resource potential in the context of limited financial resources through the establishment of the Timber Industry Cluster in the Komi Republic.

Discusses the dynamics of money incomes of population since the may 2012 year of the Decree of the President of the Russian Federation. It analyses the main elements of the cash income-wages, social benefits-pensions, benefits, scholarships, State social guarantees, their relationship to the cost of living.

The article analyses different concepts of civil society prevailing in Western scientific thought. The authors noted that a variety of approaches have formed sustainable understanding of concepts such as civil society and the State, identified various facets of relations between political and non-political institutions. Moreover, these relations have demonstrated the basic stages of formation of the liberal-democratic political system in Western European countries.

In recent years the international community has experienced a series of terrorist attacks in several countries. This article shows how terrorist groups justify their actions. Question, do they use the excuse (in the foreign literature justificate) the type of the template or based on their unique ideological postulates. The focus is on religious violence in its difference from other types of terrorism. Terrorism, despite its centuries-old history, in recent years it has become an international symbol of fear and hatred. The "growth" of terrorism is explained by the phenomenon of globalization, the consequences of which, in the author's opinion, can significantly exacerbate the deadly threat of terrorism to the world community.

This article analyzes the process of power transformation in human society as a unique socio-cultural and political phenomenon, is the generation and creation of man and society. Power, discussed in this article in this perspective, appears as something "omnipresent" and at the same time fundamentally multiple, have a dual nature, what is expressed in the phenomenological aspect, the analysis of transformation which are necessary for understanding the relations of power in the variety of their manifestations, in their "dissolved", constituerunt in the social space and in close connection with certain discursive practices.

The article examines the issues of having a political process with the participation of Russian citizens in the development of legal information and discusses the prospects for the implementation of such participation in social activities.

Globalization processes have a multilateral impact on both local and major crops. The Chinese example demonstrates the possibility by using the cultural benefits of globalization while the political system of the country is preserved as much as possible. In addition, the multi-channel cultural policy of the country, in which the diaspora (hujiao) plays the most important role, is an effective example of its own globalization.

The South of Russia is among regions with complex ethnic and religious structure where in collective identifications the ethnic component was always strong. Degree of its representation and ratio in the general structure of identity important aspects which have to be considered at implementation of measures of designing of the all-Russian identity. Based on results of sociological researches, authors come to a conclusion that today in the south of Russia rather equilibrium state all-Russian and ethnocultural identities of types is observed and also identification in collective submissions of identification characteristics of Russia as territory and the "Russian people" including variety of ethnic communities (people) and cultures is fixed.

Migration potential of modern Russian youth is analyzed in the article, taking into account the statistics from the Russian youth values research. Migration flexibility is both relevant for choosing a permanent residence and for temporary (educational, labor) migration for modern youth. "Push" factors, actual for Russian youth are also analyzed.

The article is devoted to the consideration of conflicts arising in the professional activity of municipal employees in the field of local self-government, conflict zones of the modern municipal service development, and conflict management in this area.

The article is devoted to research of advertising dysfunctions. In article additional directions of advertising regulation are considered. The authors note that the effects of advertising impact go beyond the subject field of demand and analyze manipulative techniques. The article examines three main problems of modern advertising, which require the adoption of additional economic and legal instruments of regulation: advertising of potentially addictive goods; advertising aimed at children and teenagers; Explication in the advertising image of compulsive forms of consumption. The authors formulate several restrictions and prohibitions with the aim of strengthening the legislative and public regulation of advertising.

The article considers the problems of territorial public self-government development within the framework of the organization of local self-government. Territorial public self-government is determined by the connecting element of formation of effective interaction of local governments and public. There have been considered the examples of the successful implementation of local initiatives. The authors made recommendations of prospective development of territorial public self-government.

The article tackles the issues related to the development of cultural sphere in the modern Russian society. We analyze the priorities of developing the cultural sphere determined in national and regional programs and documents; we compare priorities from the perspective “federal center and regions” as well as the perspective “regions between themselves”. The data of sociological surveys undertaken correspond to the theoretical judgements on the priorities of the development of cultural sphere. The analysis of the documents that determine the development of cultural sphere allows us to make a conclusion that the assumptions of priorities of the cultural sphere development vary not only from the perspective “federal center and regions” but also when we compare different regions. This, among other problems, makes it impossible to formulate clear concept of the “All-Russian” identity and consecutively establish it. The central element in this process is the element of the Russian language, while its development and preservation is not indicated as a priority in 81 out of 85 regional programs of developing culture and art. The population in general views culture as the basis of the society’s functioning and highlights human values, such as raising a new generation and spiritual development of a society, among the main priorities.

Military Training Centers (MTC) are a new institution of higher military education in Russia. They are characterized by specific features, which place them between military education in specialized military institutions, and traditional military departments in civil universities. The analysis of MTC in terms of student’s motivation and values, military identity, life strategies, and educational outcomes, shows that MTC students are characterized by unique social attributes and thus compose a separate social group. This fact legitimates creation of MTC as a new form of military education. To make MTCs more effective, it is necessary to pay a special attention to military identity formation, quality of professional training, promotion of military career perspectives, development of personality and psychological traits and competencies crucial for future officers.

Article is devoted to the analysis of functioning of institute of the government in modern Russia at the federal and regional levels. On the basis of results of sociological researches problems of transparency of the power and trust of the population to it from a position of public opinion are analyzed, the level of need of the population for openness of the power and model of the attitude towards her is defined. The generalizing conclusions and also concrete recommendations about increase in level of transparency and openness of federal government institutions and bodies of executive power of territorial subjects of the Russian Federation are formulated.

The need to improve the effectiveness of national policies in Russia involves the search for new models of governance, including taking into account international experience of institutional practices in the sphere of interethnic relations. Reconstruction of the formal and informal institutional practices in developed countries with complex ethnic and cultural structure allows to identify opportunities for the implementation of the various models in the Russian society, taking into account its ethnic, cultural and political specificities. Such possibilities are disclosed in the transition to value policy as a management activity based on public values and dialogue between the public and municipal authorities, public and ethnic organizations in solving problems of inter-ethnic cooperation in local communities.

In the article the problems of modern education as a resource of designing the Russian civil identity. Given the purpose of modern national policy of Russia is to ensure the reproduction of ethnic and cultural diversity and spiritual unity of the peoples of Russia the article considers the basic problems that arise in modern education when designing the Russian civil identity. The article attempts to justify the need not only to strengthen ethno-cultural education to maintain ethnic identity, but also of rethinking the Humanities Federal educational standard from the position of its content multicultural content.

The article defines the main areas of activity of the administration of the municipal formation, related to the improvement of the quality of life of the population. Providing comfortable living conditions is based on the provision of municipal services in the most important spheres of life of the population. The process of providing these services is determined by the specifics of the economic system of the various municipalities. The authors conclude that improving the quality of life of the population is provided on the basis of integrated regulation of socio-economic relations by local authorities, taking into account the available resources to meet the needs of the local population.

The article examines the socio-cultural foundations of patriotism, due to the differences between Western and Russian cultural and political traditions. The correlation between patriotism and state-civil identity is analyzed, the presence of which is able to integrate various ethno-cultural groups within the country. The authors note that the basis for the formation of Russian patriotism and state-civic identity should be those aspects of the activities of the Russian state, which are objectively the subject of national pride.

The article deals with the processes of transformation of the model for the implementation of the state national and migration policy in Russia. These transformations are connected with the declaration at the level of official acts of the goal the expansion of the civil dialogue of power and institutions representing the interests of national and religious groups. Simultaneously, the possibilities and prospects for the implementation of the principle of subsidiarity in Russian national policy are considered. The authors suggest that the greatest efficiency in this area can be achieved with complete de-ethnicization of the state administration system, leveling the practices of ethnocracy and ethnocentric values.

Given a representation of the model of social change that should occur as a result of the initiative (patricipating) budgeting according to the authors the Ministry of Finance and the world Bank; describe the research program of the world Bank; sets out the first results, which give an idea about the mechanisms of effects and their relationship to design practice proactive budgeting.

The article considers theoretical aspects of the entrepreneurial climate formation and the factors that determine it. Based on key characteristics of entrepreneurial activity, the definition of the term "entrepreneurial climate" is proposed, and classification of the entrepreneurial climate factors depending on its content elements and the possibility of influence on them by the regional authorities is developed. The proposed classification can form the basis for the development of an integrated and comparable methodology for assessing the entrepreneurial climate in the regions of Russia to determine the effectiveness of regional executive authorities in creating favorable conditions for doing business.

The article explores the political foundations of local self-government, the problems of interaction of municipal entities with state authorities in the conditions of municipal reform. An attempt was made to identify problems that hamper the further development of federative principles in the management process and suggested directions for improvement.

Business games are one of the oldest methods of managers' professional training. Nowadays, thanks to advanced computer-based technologies, they penetrate into many spheres of management ranging from human resources to marketing, innovation, and production. Particularly, gamification of HR-management covers such processes as recruiting, adaptation, training and development, engagement and motivation. Recent rise of interest to game-based technologies, i.e. ‘serious games’ in business is mainly driven by two factors: progress in computer games technologies and entering of the so-called Generation Y socialized in a new information environment, to labor market. The article analyzes problems and conditions of business gamification as well as promising lines of sociological research of this new emerging phenomenon.

This article draws attention to the place of non-bank credit institutions in the modern banking system. The detailed characteristics of NPO varieties are given with the allocation of their place in the market of non-banking services. With the integration symbiosis between the Internet technologies discussed in the article and monetary operations, new horizons for cooperation between NGOs and clients are opened up, on the one hand, and on the other hand, with the support of the experience of the past years, the entire range of services is improved for each non-bank credit institution.

In recent years there has been active development of investment institutions. In addition to carrying activities of already established species, the process of forming new institutions. The article presents the features of formation of investment institutions in Russia, their types and peculiarities of functioning of the financial market of our country.

Insufficient level of infrastructure development is one of the limiting factors for economic development of the country. Therefore, improvement of infrastructural support is the main model of economic growth. Therefore, aspects of the regulation of the provision of infrastructure services are important for any hierarchical level of management of economic system at the macro, mesoand micro level. The purpose of this article is to present methods of evaluation and performance management evaluation of business processes of the municipal enterprises that provide infrastructure services, through the development of a balanced scorecard. This technique is developed by using methods of system analysis, economic analysis and method of expert estimations. The proposed method allows assessing the effectiveness of the functioning of the municipal enterprises, the results of which you can adjust and develop management decisions at the municipal, regional and macro levels, and can be used as part of a system of indicators necessary for effective decision-making at the municipal level.

The article highlights the problems associated with the training and formation of personnel reserve for the state and municipal service. The ways of solving these problems through the development of competencies of candidates, as well as the basic approaches associated with the formation of a personnel reserve.

The migration crisis in Europe, aggravated in 2015, was a real test for the European Union, becoming one of the most important problems on a long-term basis, also affecting the post-Soviet space. The article analyzes migratory flows as a threat to European civilization as a whole, and as a factor of destabilizing public security, and also examines the prospects for resolving risks and challenges.