On the Issue of Forming a System of Strategic Planning Documents as Management Acts

Abstract

In the process of implementing public administration, the implementation of the provisions of the current legislation on strategic planning has an essential role and significance. Effective provision of the latter makes it possible to achieve short-term, medium-term, long-term goals and objectives formed at the state, regional and municipal levels. The subject of this study is strategic planning documents in the context of their application as management acts. The purpose of the work was to conduct a study of the features of strategic planning documents as management acts, identify existing problems in the array of strategic planning documents, as well as identify priority areas for improving the mechanism of legal regulation of strategic planning in the Russian Federation. To achieve the goal, the provisions of the current legislation and the positions that have developed in the legal doctrine with the use of general and special methods of scientific research are considered. A comprehensive analysis of existing approaches allowed us to draw a number of conclusions regarding the legal nature of strategic planning documents as acts of public administration, to identify a number of characteristic features for them. Proposals are formulated regarding the place of strategic planning documents in the system of public administration acts and the prospect of further development of legislation on strategic planning, as well as priority areas for further scientific research of this legal phenomenon. The data obtained can be used in the process of theoretical understanding of topical issues of strategic planning and practical activities to improve legal regulation in terms of the application of strategic planning documents.