The Management and Leadership in Regional Public Authorities of the Kaliningrad Region: Sociological Aspects

Vladimir V Krivosheev,Sergey N Makarov

doi:10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s7p190

Abstract

Current article considers leadership problems of executive authorities of the Kaliningrad region. Leader management on the basis of the reformative concept of leadership is analysed. Interactions of heads with employees it was considered on four channels of influence: the individualised attention; the inspiring motivation; intellectual stimulation; charismatic influence. During the conducted research all respondents emphasise the importance of the factors stated above though also some features of perception of leadership skills of heads depending on age of workers, gender accessory are recorded. DOI: 10.5901/mjss.2015.v6n6s7p190

Highlights

For the present stage of development of the Russian society, the quality and efficiency of public administration are of the extremely essential practical and cognitive importance
The continuous increase in the density of social time, and complication of the solved problems, the need for rapid response to the changing situation in the on-line mode, sometimes very negative and critical, set ever greater requirements to the design and implementation of administrative decisions and the level of the professionalism of those who provide the authoritative influence on social processes. It comes to characterisation of the subject of management represented, in particular, by the leaders and all the employees of the executive branch including the regional level
The article analyses the results of the sociological research that we conducted, in particular, in the Kaliningrad region, and dedicated to the consideration of leadership issues in the executive branch

Summary

Introduction

For the present stage of development of the Russian society, the quality and efficiency of public administration are of the extremely essential practical and cognitive importance. It comes to characterisation of the subject of management represented, in particular, by the leaders and all the employees of the executive branch including the regional level. The article analyses the results of the sociological research that we conducted, in particular, in the Kaliningrad region, and dedicated to the consideration of leadership issues in the executive branch. The research was mainly aimed at identifying leadership qualities of the chiefs of executive agencies and their skills in applying various methods of exerting influence on employees. The management can be characterised as an objective quality of the management system to a large extent, and leadership is its property representing a subjective connotation. It is obvious that these two components are closely linked with each other, and taking into account the specifics of the national mentality and managerial traditions, leadership is of particular importance in terms of both the quality of the interactions in the management system itself and from the point of view of its interaction with the managed objects

The Sociological Aspects of Regional Governance

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