Modern Leader Research Articles

Strategic Leadership Learning Affecting the Operational Effectiveness of Provincial Administrative Organization

Strategic leadership is essential for any organization’s modern leader. This research aims to study the strategic leadership of provincial administration executives, the operational effectiveness of the organization, the impact of strategic leadership learning on operational effectiveness, and guidelines to improve operational effectiveness. The participants were 254 employees of the provincial administration organization. Questionnaires were used for data collection. Frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, and multiple regression analysis were employed for data analysis. Findings revealed that the strategic leadership of the executives of the provincial administration organization was at a high level, the operational effectiveness of the provincial administration organization was at a high level, and strategic leadership has a statistically significant influence on the operational effectiveness of provincial administrations at the level of .05. The component is in 3 areas: balancing organizational control (β = .265), organizational resource management (β = .231), and setting strategic direction (β = .213), and 4) the guidelines for improving the operational effectiveness of the provincial administration are maximizing resource utilization and developing the service quality of services.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT IN A MODERN ORGANIZATION: A REVIEW OF CURRENT APPROACHES

The article presents the author's vision of the problem of loss of effectiveness of traditional leadership approaches in managing a modern organization and the need to search for and implement new approaches. It is proposed to shift the focus of attention from classical approaches: from the position of personal qualities (personalistic), behavioral approach and situational approach, justifying the decrease in the results of their use in the activities of managers, to current approaches to organizational leadership, which are offered by modern scientists of the twenty-first century. Based on the analysis of publications in the scientific electronic library Elibrary.ru, such types of leadership as transformational, transactional, charismatic, team, divided, visionary were established. The features of each approach are identified and described. The concept of the terms “leadership”, “leader” (“manager”), “management” is given. The question is raised about the importance of a manager’s understanding of the changing needs and expectations of modern subordinates: the reality of our time is that there is a great need for a flexible work schedule and the ability to work remotely. A vision of what qualities and skills a modern leader should have is proposed, the need to develop emotional intelligence and the importance of changing the way of building communication with modern subordinates is highlighted. Attention is focused on the fact that the forms and methods of training leaders-managers in modern organizations require constant attention and regular improvement. Using the research results in the practical sphere of activity of managers will make it possible to increase the effectiveness of management in the context of the development of the digital economy within the country, improvement of technologies, artificial intelligence, as well as the influence of foreign policy events and increasing sanctions.

Bad leadership - Why we steer clear

The article points out that more than a half century into the modern leader continues virtually entirely to ignore, or at least badly to shortchange, the dark side of leadership. Bad leadership - which is, alas, as ubiquitous as pernicious. Given that bad leaders, and their bad followers, are part of everyday life - in companies and countries, and in cultures of every sort - the question is why leadership experts continue to relegate them. Why do we attempt to develop what is good while continuing even now largely to avoid the utterly urgent question of how to stop bad? On the assumption that bad leaders - including for example political leaders drunk on power and corporate leaders drunk on money - are part of the human condition the question is why we still stick our heads in the sand. To this question the article provides four answers - which in a perfect world would point the way toward a study of leadership that is more pragmatic, more grounded in the world as it is as opposed to how we would like it to be.

FORMING A SYSTEM OF VIEWS ON BUILDING THE CONCEPT OF AN EFFECTIVE MANAGER AS A MODERN LEADER

The article examines the aspects of forming the type of an effective manager. In connection with the emergence and frequent repetition in scientific and special literature, on the websites of educational organizations, and requests in the labor market for the concept of "effective manager", the existence of such a type of manager in classical scientific literature is clarified; the essence of the category "effectiveness" and the possibility of its application to a manager as a modern leader are clarified; the author's definition of "effective manager" is given; the characteristics of an effective manager presented in the works of Drucker P.F., Judith L.-J., Pearson B. and Thomas N. are analyzed. The article also analyzes (to a limited extent, within the framework of the article) the possibility of professional training in Ukraine through formal (in higher educational institutions) and informal education (business schools, training centers) in order to become an effective manager. The prospects for research lie in the field of continuing to study the characteristics and features of an effective manager in order to acquire and develop them in the system of education (formal and informal), self-education.Key words: modern requirements for managers, types of managers, effective manager, characteristics of an effective manager, professional training of a manager, informal education of a manager.

Legal framework for institutionalization of political leadership in modern conditions

In conditions of intense international confrontation, the problem of institutionalizing political leadership becomes key. Today it is very important to decide what kind of leader the state should be in order to ensure not only survival and independence, but also stability and sustainable development. Currently, the aggravation of the struggle between East and West has reached its culmination, and the global political crisis requires the most painless solution. At the same time, the nuclear threat is becoming much more tangible than ever before in history. The crisis nature of international relations is increasingly manifested in the increasing level of confrontation between the main political actors and the political blocs they lead. The role of political leaders in these conditions is rapidly increasing, which can be judged at least by the place in current political discussions occupied by the personalities of Russian President V. V. Putin, the American J. Biden, as well as the leaders of Germany, France, Turkey and other world centers of political power. This article is devoted to the study of the legal basis for the institutionalization of political leadership in modern conditions, identifying the factors that determine the authority and effectiveness of the modern leader of the country.

Pedagogical aspects of the development of leadership qualities in cadets of higher military educational institutions

The development of leadership qualities in cadets of military institutions is of particular importance in today's conditions, since the formation of a new generation of professional competent officers-leaders will directly affect the combat capability of the Armed Forces and the defence capability of the state as a whole. The purpose of the study was to identify pedagogical aspects and ways to improve the system of leadership development among cadets of the Military Academy. The study analysed the theoretical foundations of the leadership problem and summarized the best Ukrainian and foreign experience. The methods used were: structural-functional method; analysis, induction. The study also used the following methodological approaches: systemic approach; reductionist and holistic approaches. As a result of the research, it was found that the existing system of training military leaders in higher military educational institutions currently has certain significant drawbacks that significantly reduce its effectiveness, namely: insufficient attention is paid to military-humanitarian disciplines, which shape the socio-communicative qualities of a modern leader; outdated reproductive teaching methodologies dominate instead of innovative interactive ones; individual-psychological characteristics of the cadet's personality and potential are not sufficiently taken into account; the educational potential of the faculty is weakly utilized due to mentoring; the system of cadet self-government is underdeveloped, within which future officers could gain real practical leadership experience. Therefore, constructive ways of improving the existing system were proposed by strengthening the humanitarian component of training, wider use of interactive teaching methods, introducing individual educational trajectories, increasing the role of mentoring from senior command staff, creating an effective system of cadet self-government, and substantiating the feasibility of using innovative pedagogical methods of active learning for the effective targeted formation of necessary leadership qualities and competencies. The results of the study on improving the system of leadership development of cadets of Higher Military Educational Institutions are of great practical importance, as they can be used to improve the effectiveness of training officers as future military leaders

Social-psychological factors of the formation of professionalspecial characteristics in a leader person

Today's pedagogue is required by society to be managed by a person who embodies all-round leadership competence and has a new way of managing employees. In this article, there are opinions about the students who are placed in front of the modern leader today.

СОВЕРШЕНСТВОВАНИЕ УПРАВЛЕНИЯ КАРЬЕРОЙ ПЕРСОНАЛА В ОРГАНИЗАЦИИ

The article focuses on the relevance of career management and career planning processes in an organization within the framework of general personnel management. A number of internal factors are given that influence career management in an organization, knowledge of which, according to the authors, is necessary for a modern leader. The authors are confident that career is of utmost importance in the practice of modern management.

Leader’s Value Orientations in Social and Structural Relations of the Business Sphere

Relevance. Today, when Russia, like the whole world, is experiencing unprecedented changes in all spheres of life, more great responsibility and burdens fall on the shoulders of the leader. Faced with new realities, they begin to re-evaluate not only the effectiveness of the business, but also their approach to the main aspects of the management process: social performance, interaction with personnel and strategies.The purpose is to study the value orientations system of a modern leader in social and structural relations of the business sphere.The objectives are to identify and describe the value orientations of a modern leader through the analysis of the main components of the questionnaire of M. Rokeach’s values; assess the validity of using the value orientations system of a leader in the context of the new realities of the fourth industrial revolution, the pandemic and economic sanctions.Methodology. The study involved 100 managers aged 30 years and older, of different levels and managerial experience. They were asked to arrange the terminal and instrumental values in order of their importance.Results. The study showed that despite the different age, geographical, professional and personal data, there are only minor differences in the value orientations system of managers, and the values proposed by Rokeach determine their value-semantic aspect of life and work.Conclusions. In order for the described values of the manager to fully reflect the latest events and moods in the world, the author proposes to supplement them with digital values, on which efficiency and competitiveness in business directly depend, and gives his own definition of this “phenomenon”.

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE OF A. MAKARENKО IN FORMING THE LEGAL COMPETENCE OF FUTURE EDUCATIONAL MANAGERS

Systemic opportunities for the formation of legal competence of the future educational leader should be provided by the optimal organization of his professional training in the conditions of the master's degree. At the same time, the category of legal content of the learning process acquires special importance, which involves not only the saturation of the educational process with legal disciplines, but also a wide appeal to various forms of legal, including historical and pedagogical, experience. An interesting example of the formation of legal reality as a means of optimizing the educational environment is the unique experience of the outstanding Ukrainian teacher Anton Makarenko. A. Makarenko managed to assess the immanent pedagogical potential of legal reality as such and found a certain algorithm for using the system of basic forms of existence of law as an educational tool. Having become the head of an institution for the education of delinquents, A. Makarenko felt the objective need to take into account the specific legal reality not as a negative circumstance, but primarily as a key factor in the pedagogical process. In his practical activity, A. Makarenko realized and implemented the goal of finding a certain algorithm for the integration of pedagogical and legal specifics in solving the educational tasks set before him. The form that ensured such integration was the author's system of pedagogically expedient organization of legal reality, implemented in the specific conditions of the so-called educational team. In other words, A. Makarenko not only effectively used each of the forms of existence of law in his management practice, but actually invented a whole system of pedagogically appropriate methods of implementing these forms. The experience of A. Makarenko for a modern leader in the field of education represents a form of optimal unity of managerial, pedagogical and legal reality, among which the managerial reality acts as an integrating factor, ensuring the effectiveness of the entire system.

MODERN REQUIREMENTS FOR MANAGERIAL COMPETENCIES: THEORETICAL AND PRACTICE-ORIENTED APPROACHES

The article raises the problem of multiple approaches to determining the requirements for the competencies of a modern leader, since managerial personnel and their activities are the subject of study of management, social psychology, labor economics, and sociology. The topic of building models of specialists in relation to the requirements of the workplace is touched upon, therefore it is proposed for management personnel to systematize general approaches to determining the requirements for special skills and personal qualities in accordance with the professional standard. In the course of the study, special classes of competencies were identified, which can be both highly specialized and general for different types of organizations. An analysis of the literature on management made it possible to actualize the need to single out “supra-professional” competencies or “meta-skills”, which are essentially similar to universal competencies, and to use this approach in the formation of models for training managers. Based on the results of the study, a list of metaskills that are necessary for building a managerial career, are in the top requirements of the labor market, and require priority development for managerial personnel has been compiled. The use of this list in the creation of reference competency models for managers of different levels of management will optimize the process of developing skills, knowledge and skills and select effective tools for their formation.

Управление межличностными отношениями в коллективе

a modern leader must create conditions for well-coordinated work in the team, but it is noted that conflict situations may arise from time to time, in order to exclude such situations, it is necessary to create conditions for employees to perform their professional and managerial activities. In the scientific literature, a general theoretical foundation for the study of professional and managerial activities by domestic and foreign researchers has been developed. It was revealed that the performance of tasks in various departments of the organization has a professionally oriented character and is based on a personality-activity approach, which considers the individual psychological characteristics of employees, their abilities, cognitive styles, interests, needs, motives and professionally significant qualities. All this, at the present stage, especially in organizations with a small number of employees, requires additional research in the management of interpersonal relationships in a team.

CREATIVITY AS A KEY CHARACTERISTIC OF A MODERN LEADER

In the conditions of increasing competition in international business, leaders with creative thinking, capable of generating and implementing creative ideas, are becoming more and more in demand. A modern leader who brings creative ideas to life is able to lead his team to high effective results. Hence, the purpose of the study is formulated as an analysis of understanding the role of a leader in an organization who can influence the team to generate creative ideas. In the course of solving the problem, the author carried out a theoretical analysis of literary sources, summarized foreign scientific experience. The main conclusion of the study: the effective use of promising ideas in organizational conditions requires active leadership, which includes mastering the competencies of the relevant agents of change, since the development of new ideas contributes to more effective management of the process of change. The manager must provide not only psychological support to his subordinates in terms of their implementation.

Dynamics of the Media Image of the Head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov in the Context of Political Media Communication in Russia

The theoretical aspects of the media image of the Russian region and its components are considered, the role of the image of the head of the republic in the context of the dynamics of political communications is indicated. The object of study is the image of the head of the Chechen Republic Ramzan Kadyrov, the features of positioning within the framework of the paradigm shift of the idea of Chechnya and its leader are revealed. In order to confirm the hypothesis, the data of the conducted studies are presented: media monitoring, dissacrs analysis of texts about Ramzan Kadyrov (chronological framework — February–August 2022). The author notes that the most important characteristics of the media image of a modern leader, identified by theoretical and practical research, are the behavioral actions of the leader, his ideological position, commitment to the ideology of the Russian state. Along with the description of the identified strategies, the author describes the causes and forecast of the dynamics of the media image of the regional leader.

ФАКТОРНИЙ АНАЛІЗ МЕТОДІВ ТА ПРИНЦИПІВ ЕФЕКТИВНОГО ЛІДЕРСТВА

Abstract. Тask statement. The purpose of the article is comprehensive analysis of the key methods and principles of effective leadership through the use of factor analysis, which is based on the systematization of the main factors affecting successful leadership in organizations. A variety of methods and key principles underlying successful management, based on the principles of effective leadership and maximum involvement of the company's personnel, have been explored. A systematic analysis and identification of factors that contribute to the formation of an effective leader, as well as their interrelationship and influence on the effectiveness of the organization as a whole, was carried out. Research results. Modern dynamics in management and leadership are determined not only by changes in the functions of managers, but also by rethinking the very concept of effective leadership. One of the key aspects is precisely the combination of a deep understanding of business models with the ability to adapt to the rapid pace of change. A modern leader must be not only skilled in solving tasks, but also flexible, ready to adapt to unpredictable situations. Along with this, according to modern research, the role of the leader has moved to the plane of interaction and is largely based on empathy. Strategic management and team development are no longer limited to standard methods: they require a new approach aimed at a culture of cooperation and mutual understanding within the team. The key to the success of a modern leader is not only a certain set of skills, but also the ability to adapt them to the needs of a changing business environment. Conclusion. The analytical conclusions of the study clearly indicate the essential importance of adapting the methods and principles of effective leadership to modern realities. Factor analysis allows you to identify key aspects that affect the success of leadership in the modern business environment. As already noted in the study, the main factors that are important in the way of optimizing and increasing the effectiveness of leadership in modern corporations today are flexibility, the ability to adapt and interact with changes, as well as the ability of the manager to quickly respond to new challenges and risks.

The Symbolic field of network public policy: Analysis of the modern leader image

The Symbolic field of network public policy: Analysis of the modern leader image

LOCAL POLITICAL MANAGEMENT AND POLITICAL LEADERSHIP OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY: UKRAINIAN AND FOREIGN PERSPECTIVES

The article is devoted to the study of local political management, which is one of the key concepts of the newest branch of modern political science. The purpose of the research is to identify common and distinctive features between the phenomena of local political management and leadership in Western and Eastern political traditions. The difference between local political management and public governance and administration is characterized. It was emphasized that the need for democratic coordination of political interests, dialogue between the community and the government is quite acute for modern Ukraine. The institutionalization of local political parties and movements, the formation of a full-fledged local political agenda, the system of local public political discussions are analyzed. The significance of the political aspect of the leadership of the local community is revealed, which consists in the possibilities of changing the political situation at the local level. It was found that the decisive factor is the ability and capacity of citizens to accept the leadership of the leader. It was found that the political leader of the local community performs a political and selective function: he distinguishes between secondary and urgent needs of the community. It has been proven that party local elections are a prerequisite for victory at the national level. It has been established that in the conditions of modern Ukraine, the informal affiliation of public communities to party structures is of great importance. It is assumed that the restructuring of the domestic party system will be carried out only after the victory of our state in the dramatic liberation contests, which have been ongoing since February 2022. It was found that the brand of a powerful and successful party association provides a channel of communication with politically engaged citizens. It has been established that the modern leader of the local community, both in stable democracies and in transformational states, must possess the "art" of influencing the audience both personally and through the mediation of the media. The conditions of political competition and their influence on the relationship between the leader and the community are considered. The specifics of personal cases of the development of local political leaders in Ukraine are indicated. It was concluded that the connection between political groups and specific individuals requires the presence of psychological will-power bases to ensure a certain vector of transformations. It is substantiated that local political leadership and political management are integral parts of political mechanisms of strategic community development in both Eastern and Western political traditions.

A study of leadership in today's youth environment

Subject. This article examines the internal processes in the organization and the leadership attributes. Objectives. The article aims to study the phenomenon of leadership based on the analysis of the opinions of students of top Russian universities about the factors that form leadership skills, and compare the results obtained with leadership theory. Methods. For the study, we used a comparative analysis and generalization. Results. The article presents the results of a sociological survey of students, highlighting the ideas of young people regarding the important skills and attributes of a modern leader. Conclusions. A democratic management style that contributes to the manifestation of the abilities of all team members is most acceptable for the younger generation.

Psychology of Modern Leadership as an Important Phenomenon of Effective Management

The article deals with contemporary understanding of the phenomenon of leadership. The authors analyze the distinctive features of a leader and his behavior, the specifics of leader's image representation. The paper touches upon the problem of choosing a motivation to be/to become a leader and not only to choose him/her and follow him/her in modern society. The authors of the article analyze the psychological types of personality of the modern leader. An overview of modern research, theories, leadership concepts is given. The issues devoted to the problem of leadership as a mechanism necessary for effective management of the organization are considered. Interdisciplinary understanding of leadership phenomenon within sociology, philosophy, political science, pedagogy and psychology is presented. The similarities and differences of such concepts as leader, manager, authority are revealed. The definition of such concepts as premiums and disadvantages of leadership is given. The characteristics of an effective leader are presented. The article deals with the types of groups, the personality of the leader, the traits of his character that contribute to his becoming a leader, the relationship between the leader and the rest of the group, the theories of leadership and types of leaders are studied. The relevance of this topic is due to the necessity of the presence of a leader in any group that solves the task set before it.

Разгадывая загадки, истинный ученый остается загадкой сам (к юбилею доктора экономических наук, профессора Елены Геннадиевны Руссковой)

The article is dedicated to the anniversary of Elena G. Russkova, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor of Volgograd State University, Honored Worker of Higher Education of the Russian Federation. A talented scholar, teacher, and a modern leader Elena G. Russkova for many years associated her professional activities with Volgograd State University. After heading the VolSU Faculty of Economics and becoming its Dean, Elena G. Russkova gave more than 25 years to this work, showing her brilliant abilities as a teacher, leader and mentor of students. These same years of activity were devoted to science. Elena G. Russkova is the author of more than 100 publications, most of which embodied the results of studies of macroeconomic aspects of the Russian economy, problems of formation, trends and patterns of development of innovation infrastructure in the evolutionary process of market economy. The main purpose of a higher education employee is teaching. In this, Elena G. Russkova knows no equal. She is distinguished by her high erudition, breadth of knowledge, excellent knowledge of the subject, and communication skills. In the article, pupils and followers, colleagues and friends of Elena G. Russkova talk about their friendship, joint work and scientific research.