Efficiency Of Public Administration Research Articles

The potential of public administration in social work in military conditions in Ukraine

The development of modern society in Ukraine requires a certain model of social work, which must be able to meet the needs of a larger number of clients. Social work, like any other type of professional activity, requires appropriate management. In this regard, the question arises about the theoretical justification and practical material support of the social work management system to meet the specific clients’ needs. In modern conditions, the idea of introducing public administration into social work is becoming increasingly relevant. There is an urgent need to develop public administration in the social work to provide assistance to various categories of clients, and in the context of military aggression on the part of Russia, it becomes relevant to develop a model of public administration in the field of social work with the most vulnerable categories of clients under martial law. The article defines the potential possibilities of public administration in the system of social work in the conditions of martial law in Ukraine. The social efficiency of public administration in the field of social work at the regional and local levels and the level of UTC was revealed. The possibilities of public administration in the relevant areas of social work with vulnerable categories of the population are identified: social work with combatants, social work with internally displaced persons (IDPs), social work with families in the difficult life circumstance (DLC) (population of the occupied and front-line territories). The mechanisms of public administration in the system of social work under martial law are singled out: legal, material and financial, social and managerial, institutional, information and communication. A conceptual model of public administration in the system of social work under martial law in Ukraine has been developed, the structural elements of which are: levels of public administration; mechanisms of public administration, social subjects of public administration in social work, areas of social work with vulnerable categories of clients under martial law, functions of public administration in various areas of social work.

Efficiency of public administration in the security and defense sector: a legal view.

Efficiency of public administration in the security and defense sector: a legal view.

Game-Theoretic Approach to Modeling Collective Labor Incentives for Regional Civil Servants in Russia

Currently, a number of external factors (in particular, sanctions pressure from the US and EU countries, the pandemic of a new coronavirus infection) have a strong negative impact on the socio-economic development of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Therefore, the head of almost any Russian region is forced to perform the functions of an anti-crisis manager. The modern system of stimulating the work of civil regional employees can help improve the efficiency of public administration, and as a result, ensure the socio-economic development of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation. The author's approach to this issue is based on the simultaneous application of a number of modern scientific methods, namely index, neural network technologies and mathematical game theory. The use of neural network technologies makes it possible to objectively assess the achieved level of socio-economic development of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation. Taking into account the positive foreign (Singapore and South Korean) experience in the field of civil service reform, it is proposed to make the amount of collective incentive payments (bonus fund) of regional civil servants directly dependent on the achieved level of socio-economic development of the subject of the Russian Federation. In turn, this implies the development of a hierarchical system of collective-individual stimulation of the work of regional civil servants. During the construction of the game-theoretic model, the correct establishment of the relationship between the level of collective incentive payments to regional civil servants and the socio-economic development of a constituent entity of the Russian Federation is ensured. After experimental refinement of the parameters of the game-theoretic model, there is a possibility of its practical application to stimulate the work of regional civil servants in Russia. The introduction of the author's approach into the practice of regional management, firstly, will allow coordinating the activities of ministries and departments, and secondly, will strengthen control over the targeted spending of budgetary funds on bonus payments to civil civil servants.

Toward a Developmental State in Africa: On Rwanda’s Developmentally-Oriented Leadership and Capable Public Administration

ABSTRACT In the past decade, many governments around the world have strayed neoliberal prescriptions to get closer to the East Asian governance model – the developmental state. Rwanda, which becomes a model for rapid socio-economic development in Africa, is considered as one of these states that take its inspiration from East Asia. Using an adapted theoretical framework and a rich dataset, we investigate whether the actions of the Rwandan state compare with the East Asian ideal-typical developmental state. Our analysis indicates that post-2000 Rwanda possesses two central features of the developmental state: a developmentally-oriented leadership and an efficient public administration that proved capable to implement its ambitious vision. We elaborate on the transformation of the development paradigm in Rwanda that goes beyond its ultra-market-friendly approach and its welcoming private sector environment. Our findings suggest that it is possible to reproduce the developmental state model today, leaving room for context-dependent adaptations.

SOME ASPECTS OF INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF THE APPLICATION OF THE PROJECT APPROACH BY STATE AND MUNICIPAL AUTHORITIES

One of the important tasks facing the Russian state our state in the conditions of modern challenges and socioeconomic problems is the need to improve the efficiency of public administration. Numerous attempts to reform it and the ongoing administrative reform are aimed at this.
 Project management is being actively introduced in state and municipal authorities. The relevant legal framework, the functional structure of management, the main stages and documents have been prepared.
 But the question arises, is the system of state and municipal management itself, represented by the staff of public authorities to implement the tools of the project approach? Introduction of technologies and tools of project management increases the requirements for managerial competence of state and municipal employees, their knowledge and skills in the field of project management. It is important to identify a set of specialized competencies in the field of project management, which will allow to act effectively, developing and implementing the project.

Эффективность государственного управления и деятельности органов исполнительной власти в условиях цифровой экономики: современные подходы и показатели

The purpose of the scientific article: to study the problem of evaluating the effectiveness of the modern system of public administration in accordance with the current legislation in the Russian Federation in the conditions of digitalization of the economy; to formulate problems that prevent the achievement of certain methods of indicators for evaluating the effectiveness of public authorities in the Russian Federation. Results and scientific novelty: the etymology and modern essence of the concepts of "efficiency", "management efficiency", "public administration efficiency" are analyzed. The author's definition of the concept "evaluation of the effectiveness of executive authorities" is formulated, a review of various approaches of domestic and foreign authors to assessing the effectiveness of public administration is carried out, regulatory legal acts regulating the system of evaluating the effectiveness of executive authorities in the Russian Federation in the conditions of digitalization of the economy are studied; the problems of assessing the modern system of public administration in the conditions of digitalization of the economy of the Russian Federation are formulated.

КОМУНІКАЦІЙНІ СТРАТЕГІЇ ОРГАНІВ ПУБЛІЧНОГО УПРАВЛІННЯ ПРИ РЕАЛІЗАЦІЇ ЕКОНОМІЧНОЇ ПОЛІТИКИ

The article looks into theoretical aspects of public authorities’ communication strategies aimed at interaction with business entities. The essence of communication strategy and its place in public authorities’ activities are defined. The main functions of communication strategies are outlined: policy formation, efficiency analysis, resources optimization, influence on business community, increasing the efficiency of public administration. The key types (informing, dialogue, consultation and partnership) and means of authorities–business communication are analyzed. It was found that informing and dialogue belong to the tactical level of interaction, consulting can be regarded as tactical-strategic level depending on the existing circumstances, while partnership reflects the strategic level of communications. The peculiarities of authorities’ cooperation with mass media in establishing communications with the business community are revealed in two directions: influence on the target audience through mass media and building ties with the journalistic community to obtain informational support for political activity. The principles of establishing effective communication between authorities and business are summarized: transparency, democracy, making a plan, regulatory support, willingness to interact, information flows coordination, target audience consideration. The stages of a communication strategy development for public policy implementation by a government body in interaction with the business community are defined: definition of the purpose and objectives; stakeholders identification in the business environment for the implementation of the government's economic policy; analysis of the current positioning of the public administration body, its role and place in the information space; development of individual information messages for prior and secondary stakeholders; assessment of the communication capacity of the authority; choosing forms and methods of communication and interaction with stakeholders; determination of the most effective communication channels for each group of stakeholders; development of a working plan for the implementation of the communication strategy; diagnosis of the expected effectiveness of communication strategy.

Разработка и применение модели личностных компетенций в оценке государственных гражданских служащих

The personnel policy of state bodies over the years of administrative reform has become an urgent agenda and a key task to improve the efficiency of public administration as a whole.
 The development and improvement of the efficiency of the state civil service is inseparable from the improvement of assessment methods that will improve the quality of personnel work [3]. The Decree of the President of the Russian Federation “On the Approval of the Regulations on the Procedure for Organizing Experiments Aimed at the Development of the Federal State Civil Service” notes the importance of the need to implement in the practice of personnel management of state bodies measures to introduce a system of indicators and criteria for assessing the professional performance of civil servants [2]. In this connection, the relevance of developing a model of personal competencies is increasing, which can be used, among other things, to obtain high-quality information on the performance of public civil servants, assess employees in accordance with regulatory legal acts, as well as select methods for capacity development and placement of personnel that reflect employee strengths.

ORGANIZATIONAL AND PRAVOVOY YNSTRUMENTARYY SBALANSYROVANYYA OXEN HEADS OF STATE FIRST OBSCHESTVENNOSTY C OPINION - IMPROVEMENT NEOBHODYMY COMPONENT SYSTEM CONTROLLER STATE-OWNED (Organizational and legal moment obschestvennosty attend a state control)

Goal. The article raises the issue of improving public administration in the context of permanent reform of post-totalitarian society. The interrelation of the use of public initiative in this process with the efficiency of public administration, rational use of resources, the upward development of society is revealed. Results. Based on the results of public opinion polls and available publications, proposals have been made to identify areas for management improvement. The nature of miscalculations and the growth of possible losses from low responsibility for unprofessional decisions or its absence in managers are considered. Examples of possible positive changes in the sphere of governance as a result of balancing both the will of the First Persons of the State with public opinion and at the grassroots levels of government, elimination of miscalculations in the national economy and development of society and the state as a whole are given. Scientific novelty. The legal and legislative reasons for the lack of responsibility for the results of management and ways and methods of its provision are substantiated. The principles which, having projected on any branch of national economy or in the regional plan will allow, to strengthen responsibility for the accepted decisions and thus to provide increase of efficiency of management are offered. Recommendations for support along with the concept of responsibility, organizational and legal mechanisms for balancing the will of the first head with public opinion at all management levels from business leaders to the First Head of the State level, the formation of a code of morality, etc. The practical significance of the creative idea lies in the wide possibilities of using the proposed developments and proposals in this area in practical management. When making adjustments to the charter of the enterprise, industry or other economic and state formation, and the code of conduct for civil servants, managers, ordinary workers, entrepreneurs, owners, will create a favorable, creative climate on the ground and ensure stability in society.

On The Constitutionality And Public Administration In Ancient And Medieval Armenia

Summing up, it should be noted that the state and regional government in ancient and medieval Armenia was realized via legal regulatory principles, consistent with the time and through sufficient constitutionality. Within the frames of Armenian intellectual culture, certain methodological bases were worked out, whereas the accumulated past experience, cultural heritage and the lessons of history in particular, deserve special attention in terms of the appropriate orientation of the civil society, the development of political thought and growth of efficiency in public administration.

Theoretical basics of the efficiency of the functioning of local government bodies

The work has been devoted to the study of the theoretical foundations of the effectiveness of local self-government bodies. The main approaches to the interpretation of scientific categories: “efficiency of public administration”, “target efficiency” and “economic efficiency” have been analyzed. The main indicators of the effectiveness of the structural divisions of local self-government bodies have been studied: the number of administrative documents adopted by the public administration body, the number of events carried out or participation in them in accordance with the approved administrative documents, the indicator of the amount of humanitarian aid received by the community. Also the existing scientific concepts and approaches used to evaluate management effectiveness have been considered. These include target concept, system concept, balance of interests concept, functional concept, compositional concept.

Роль институтов развития в реализации целей государственных программ направления «Сбалансированное региональное развитие» и Стратегии пространственного развития Российской Федерации

The relevance of the study is determined by the existence of the following contradiction: on the one hand, development institutions currently have an important role to play in ensuring the social and economic development of territories, on the other hand, specific areas in which their potential can be realized have not yet been clearly defined. The purpose of the article is to specify the role of development institutions in the achievement of the state program goals of the Russian Federation “Social and economic development of the Far Eastern Federal District” and the spatial development strategy of the Russian Federation. The theoretical significance of the presented research consists in the scientific substantiation of the need to involve development institutions in the achievement of goals of strategic planning and programming documents developed on a territorial basis at the federal level. The conclusion is made that there are no significant contradictions in the goals of the state program and strategy at the goal-setting stage. The importance of the coordinated implementation of these documents is shown. A significant role in this process is assigned to regional development institutions, namely, the Development Corporation of the Far East and the Arctic. It is proved that its activities will contribute to improve the efficiency of public administration in the Far Eastern territories of Russia due to active participation of the development institute in ensuring the coordinated implementation of the priorities of the strategy and the goals of the state program. It will also allow the corporation to carry out its activities more successfully and perform its main functions, foremost, in development of a favorable institutional environment that contributes to the positive dynamics of priority sectors of the economies of the Far Eastern regions of Russia. Furthermore, it is suggested to consolidate the role of the Far East and Arctic Development Corporation as a key regional development institution, which is a participant in the implementation of the spatial development strategy of the Russian Federation and the state program of the Russian Federation “Social and Economic Development of the Far Eastern Federal District”.

ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS DALAM PENGAMBILAN KEPUTUSAN TEMPAT KHUSUS PARKIR DI KABUPATEN CILACAP

The implementation of public services is the core business of public administration. In an effort to provide public services, local governments are required to pay more attention to public needs, one of which is the need for transportation. For this reason, accurate decision making is needed to ensure the effectiveness and efficiency of public administration. Cilacap is increasingly developing towards an industrial and service area so that community mobility is getting higher in line with economic movements. Therefore, there is a buildup and crowds in several areas that become agglomeration nodes caused by the presence of parking vehicles on the road. To prevent this buildup from increasing, local governments need to respond by providing parking building services. However, given the limited budget they have, the local government must make a decision to prioritize the construction of parking building services in the most feasible locations to be built. For this reason, this study aims to identify priority locations for special parking spaces in several Cilacap agglomeration areas, namely Majenang, Kroya and Cilacap Kota. Using by the Analytic Hierarchy Process method, results with high accuracy can be obtained in determining the priority of parking building service locations in Cilacap.

Формулювання системи підходів щодо удосконалення процесу оцінювання державних службовців як інструменту управління людськими ресурсами

Compliance of the national regulatory framework for the functioning of institutions and entities of the civil service with European and international legal counterparts, as well as the use of foreign experience in order to improve national institutions is a key aspect of finding other ways to ensure the effectiveness of the civil service in Ukraine and focusing the community's attention on the study and analysis the potential of these structures. One of these topical areas is the evaluation of the performance of civil serv-ants. It should be noted that at present a significant impact on the efficiency and transparency of public administration, the conditions for the professional activity of civil servants and the use of criteria for determining the level of attitude towards employees is exerted by the process of assessing civil servants as a tool for managing human resources. In this regard, the formulation of a system of approaches to improve the process of assessing civil serv-ants as a tool for managing human resources determines the relevance of this issue, since the issue of formulating such a methodology for determining the qualitative need for civil servants and persons in-volved in determining and ensuring a balance between the bodies is of particular importance at all levels of functioning and training of specialists in the specialty "Public Administration".

АНАЛИЗ ФАКТОРОВ И ХАРАКТЕРИСТИКА ПОКАЗАТЕЛЕЙ УСТОЙЧИВОСТИ РЕГИОНАЛЬНОЙ ТРАНСПОРТНОЙ СИСТЕМЫ

The stability of the regional transport system is considered as one of the key conditions for reducing the differentiation of regions in terms of socio-economic development. The purpose of this article is to analyze the factors and determine the sustainability indicators of the regional transport system. The definition of the stability of the regional transport system is given, and the main properties of sustainability are indicated: balance, adaptability and stationarity. The factors of sustainability are considered, which have both objective and subjective nature associated with the efficiency of public administration. In order to assess the sustainability of the regional transport system, a list of indicators is proposed, divided into three groups: economic, social and environmental. Statistical data and expert assessments characterizing the regional features of the Russian transport system are given.

Complexity and consistency of ensuring transport security: administrative legal aspect

The article is devoted to the current problem of improving public administration in the field of transport security. The author notes that a resource-intensive and highly costly mechanism for ensuring transport security requires optimal organization and structuring of management processes in the considered area and is aimed at the result which satisfy public security interests. The purpose of the study was to determine the degree of development of federal and regional legislation in the field of transport security in terms of complexity and consistency of public administration in the considered area. The methodological basis is represented by a combination of general scientific and particular scientific (logical-legal, comparative-legal) methods of cognition. There is an analysis of the content, stages, adoption and implementation features of state management decisions in the field of transport security. The author comes to the conclusion that state management in the field of transport security is a kind of social management with its main goal to organize social processes and streamline public relations to protect the transport complex from acts of unlawful interference. Hence, it is suggested that an integrated system of transport security is formed, including legal institutional, organizational and information subsystems to improve the efficiency of public administration. Combining the listed subsystems into one organizational unity will make it possible to achieve stability and sustainability in the regulation of the considered social processes and the coordination between all subjects of state administration. The author suggests changes to the current version of the federal law on transport security.

MODERN DETERMINANTS OF UKRAINIAN GEOPOLITICAL SPACE: NATIONAL AND EUROPEAN ASPECTS

Objective determinants of geopolitical space of Ukraine are characterised, which at the present stage is manifested from geospatial position in economic, ideological, information- cybernetic and sociopolitical dimensions. Accordingly, appropriate characteristics and typical features of analysis are proposed for each of these directions. Thanks to them there is a possibility of multilateral consideration of those determinants which define today a place of the Ukrainian space on the European geopolitical arena.
 Philosophical methods (in particular, principles of interdependence, interrelation, causality), comparative-geographical and comparative-historical methods as well as method of system analysis and content analysis were used to observe features of clarity, effectiveness and validity of research results.
 The article analyzes organizational arrangements and institutional mechanisms of implementation of European integration policy of Ukraine, defines the intermediary role of the European Union countries in this policy, and studies the influence of the European vector on structural changes of economic, social and political environment of Ukraine. The attention is focused on the place of Ukraine in the geopolitical concept of the leading countries of the world. The features of internal geopolitical situation formation in the context of large related macro-regions are reflected in detail. In each of the macro-regions some specific mental and behavioral features that determine its uniqueness, but not isolation, are pointed out. The features of territorial and political consolidation of the state at the present stage are defined. The modern determinants of economic nature on the immediate prospects of development of the national economy are highlighted. The role of information component in the formation of geopolitical features of space as a source of influence and popularization of certain behavioral content is noted. Indicators of electoral sympathies, which embody certain ideological and social preferences of the population, were used to assess the socio-political determinant. The impact of recent political events in Ukraine, in particular, the results of the parliamentary elections, on the strengthening of the country's European policy and overcoming the dependencies caused by geopolitical factors is monitored.
 The determinants of the geopolitical space of Ukraine should be assessed from the standpoint of considering the so-called internal and external conditions. Domestic determinants are determined along with the morphology of the territory, political and cultural unity of the country, its retrospective review, consistency and efficiency of public administration, natural resource and economic potential and features of socio-economic development, features of militarization, experience of national diplomacy and more. The external determinants of the national geopolitical space include the influence of foreign states and their union formations, the nature and relationship of political and economic processes in the world and in the region to which it belongs geographically, the validity of transit flows, threats of armed conflict and other negative challenges.
 Based on the priority task of considering the geopolitical space of Ukraine, we note its importance, referring to world geopolitical concepts (F. Fukuyama, S. Huntington, Z. Brzezinski), which emphasize the role of our state as a promising geopolitical player, which should be part of influential economic security supranational structures. At the intra-regional level, the perception of Ukraine's geolocation is largely correlated with linguistic, ethnic, religious and other identifying features, but in contrast to the significant number of historical, socio-cultural and economic components that influenced the implementation of systemic domestic geopolitics. Therefore, the issue of territorial and political consolidation, although raised, was not systemic, and therefore requires the development of a strategy for the development of the state on ideological grounds as a nation-state of the European type with minimization of cultural and civilizational contrasts in the regional space. The economic determinant is emphasized by the possibility of rethinking the status quo (the energy intensity of space needed to reproduce society and the consumer type of functioning of the corporation, both global and transnational) and the possibility of using the chance to build a national economy (postwar recovery) based on progressive European experience. Information and cyber determinants of geopolitical space are determined by the scale and direction of the military-political and socio-economic situation, the goals of state policy of national security, social and economic structures involved in information warfare. Socio-political determinants of the geopolitical space of Ukraine are reflected in the results of the electoral commitment of voters, who thus embodied a certain ideological content. Based on the definition of these determinants, a strategy of geopolitical space should be developed on the basis of a nationally oriented state.
 Keywords: geopolitical space, national manifestations of geopolitics, determinants, geopolitical factors, economic factors, sociopolitical factors, information-cybernetic factors.

CRITERIA AND PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE PUBLIC GOVERNANCE SYSTEM

Today, Ukraine suffers from military aggression by the Russian Federation, destroying social, economic, technological, environmental, and political systems. One of the current areas that require scientific substantiation and revision is the validity and efficiency of government decisions, state programs, and public administration in general. Thus, there is an objective need for research aimed at improving the public administration efficiency. The article deals with the scientific and theoretical principles of an effective public administration to achieve long-term national goals, solve key social, economic, political problems, and crisis management. The general criteria to be met by an effective system of public administration is formed, namely: to increase efficiency and reduce costs in the public administration; to promote the achievement of the activity goal with minimal material, resource, labor costs; to satisfy the needs of society by the management results; to be adapted to crisis phenomena; to have economically expedient functioning and positive impact on the activity results of the national level.

Big Data technology: The main prospects for use

Subject. This article discusses the use of Big Data in the activities of companies and in the system of public administration. Objectives. The article aims to analyze the legal aspects of the use of Big Data and find ways to improve its efficiency in business and public administration. Methods. For the study, we used the general scientific research methods. Results. The article shows that the analysis of information related to Big Data helps business build detailed and as close to reality models of consumer behavior as possible. Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of Big Data technology has significantly reduced the rate of increase in the number of cases in a number of countries. Conclusions. The use of Big Data technology to analyze information supports innovation processes within the organization. In the field of public administration, the use of the digital footprint contributes to security, but opens up the possibility of infringing on the rights and freedom of people.

Audit of public finances: methodological issues and the case of Ukraine

The paper aims to analyze the methodological issues that exist in the field of public finance audit, and find ways to solve them on the example of Ukraine. The methodological basis of the study is the analysis of scientific publications, regulations, standards; best practices analysis; retrospective analysis of ACU’s performance indicators; content analysis of reports on the results of audits; method of logical generalization and systematization in formulating conclusions and recommendations. The study found that an important role in maintaining the functions of the SAI in society is played not only by the fact of auditing public finances, but also its methodology, including compliance with INTOSAI standards and building confidence in its results. The recommendations concern the need to: conduct financial audits of all major administrators of budget funds in accordance with the requirements of INTOSAI standards; ensure the timeliness of financial audits, the results of which should be published together with the financial statements; assessment of the skills of the ACU’s specialists performing financial audits to plan staff training; revise approaches to the interaction of the ACU’s auditors with internal audit departments to support the development of the internal audit function in the public sector; establish a quality control system according to the requirements of ISSAI 140; revise the approaches to the implementation of public finance reform on the transition to the application of the principle of accrual in accounting. Implementation of the recommendations will strengthen the role of the Accounting Chamber in society by increasing the credibility of its audits and their importance for improving the efficiency of public administration.