Strategic Planning System Research Articles

Организация системы стратегического планирования развития аграрного сектора региона: методологические аспекты

The paper considers the methodological aspects of organizing a strategic planning system for the development of the agricultural sector. The actualization of issues of organizing a strategic planning system for the agricultural sector is caused by the fact that the strategic planning system has a well-developed regulatory basis at the federal level, while there is no unified system of documents for strategic planning of industry development at the regional level. Currently, the strategic planning system does not have strategic documents related to the spatial development of regions, their agrofood complex, rural areas, and technical and technological development of agriculture. The purpose of the study is to develop methodological approaches to organizing a system of strategic planning for the development of the agricultural sector in the region. The paper analyzes a set of documents of the strategic planning system of the agricultural sector at the federal level, which is based on strategies and concepts, forecasts, and programs. The author proposes a system of documents for strategic development planning in relation to the agricultural sector of the region. The paper presents a comprehensive methodological approach to organizing a system of strategic planning for the development of the regional agricultural sector, which involves distinguishing the following main stages: strategic analysis; substantiation of the goals and objectives of spatial and sectorial development of the agricultural sector and their formalization; justification of priority sectors of agricultural production; forecasting the volume of agricultural production and agricultural sector resourcing; assessing the level of food self-sufficiency in the region and forecasting the development of the regional agrofood market. The author paid particular attention to design methods of the strategic planning system at the regional level. The procedure for selecting projects ensuring the implementation of agricultural development programs is justified. The paper proposes a procedure for selecting projects developed at the level of business entities and selected for financing based on a comprehensive assessment of their effectiveness. A comprehensive assessment of the projects’ effectiveness involves the use of criteria reflecting their budgetary, commercial and social effectiveness.

ИНСТИТУЦИОНАЛИЗАЦИЯ МОНИТОРИНГА В СИСТЕМЕ СТРАТЕГИЧЕСКОГО ПЛАНИРОВАНИЯ В РОССИИ

The article analyzes and evaluates the current legal regulation of monitoring in the strategic planning system. The methodological strategy of the article is a synthesis of general scientific methods and special private law methods. The author identifies institutionalization signs of the monitoring in the strategic planning system and lists the factors that impede such institutionalization. It is concluded that a shift in the legislative approach to monitoring is necessary. Monitoring should be an effective tool for strategic planning and increasing public trust in government. The author proposes ways to improve the legal regulation of monitoring in the strategic planning system.

МЕТОДОЛОГІЧНІ ОСНОВИ СТРАТЕГІЧНОГО ПЛАНУВАННЯ СТАЛОГО РОЗВИТКУ ТЕРИТОРІАЛЬНИХ ГРОМАД

It was established that the imbalance of territorial and sectoral plans and programs in the implementation of strategies for the development of territorial communities causes insufficient orientation of local self-government to the same goals and tasks defined at the state level. It has been proven that an important issue today is the substantiation of the methodological foundations of the transformation of the existing system of strategic planning of territorial communities with a focus on the implementation of the principles of sustainable development. Thus, solving the tasks of sustainable development of territorial communities should be implemented taking into account the existing ecological and economic imperatives and interrelationships in the "society - environment - business" system. At the same time, in modern conditions, the use of one of the scientific approaches in the strategic planning of the development of territorial communities to achieve goals and comply with the principles of sustainable development is insufficiently effective and efficient. Based on this, the methodological foundations of strategic planning for the sustainable development of territorial communities, which are based on the methodology of integration of system, program-target, process-functional and project approaches, are substantiated. A model of the functioning of the system of strategic planning for the sustainable development of territorial communities is proposed, which includes the main elements: strategic analysis; formulation of goals and priorities; simulation of scenarios; strategy development; strategy implementation mechanism; development and implementation of programs and plans; performance analysis, control and correction. At the same time, the totality of these interrelated stages forms a single system, and the absence of one of the elements affects the effectiveness of strategic planning. The application of the foresight research method when considering various variants of strategies and scenarios for the development of territorial communities is substantiated.

Strategic planning system experience in the United States and its possible applications in Russia

In the modern world, more and more attention is paid to the issues of strategic planning both at corporate and state levels. Sustainable socio-economic development of the state, improving quality of life of citizens and ensuring security depend, along with other factors, on effectiveness of strategic planning. Federal Law No. 172-FZ of June 28, 2014 «On Strategic Planning in the Russian Federation» establishes the legal framework for the building and development of an integrated system of strategic planning in the field of socio-economic development and national security of Russia. Today, the approach to strategic planning in Russia is characterized by both systemic shortcomings and practical implementation problems. Of particular relevance to the topic is current difficult economic and geopolitical situation, in which inefficient organization of planning increases the risks many times over. As a consequence, it is extremely important to consider the world experience of state strategic planning. The article is focused on the planning system that has developed in the United States. The complexity of the approach, its flexibility, efficiency, harmonization of goals at various levels, tight integration of all elements of the strategic planning system (planning, forecasting, budgeting, management), strict monitoring and control of key performance indicators make it a possible basis for improving the system that exists in our country.

Оценка обоснованности и практической реализуемости целевых индикаторов развития животноводства в регионе в рамках Госпрограммы

With the beginning of socio-economic transformations of the agrarian sphere in 2006-2021, the domestic livestock industry is developing within the framework of the formation of a modern strategic planning system. Priority goals, benchmarks, indicators of the development of the meat and dairy farming industry for the long-term perspective and the state’s obligations to support agricultural producers are reflected in the State Program. The implementation of strategic tasks is carried out at the regional level. The direct executors are agricultural producers. Stimulation of agribusiness entities in terms of the development of priority subsectors of animal husbandry in small forms of management, technical modernization of their technological processes, co-operational interactions is provided by providing state support funds. The article assesses the validity of the target indicators of the development of the livestock industry within the framework of the regional state Program of Rostov region and their practical feasibility. It is proved that the absence of an active predictive function in the strategic planning system at the regional level casts doubt on the objectivity of the formation and fulfillment of the target indicators of the regional state Program. The author’s substantiated forecasts of the development of meat and dairy farming at the level of a specific region for the long term and the assessment of the current level of state support of the industry cause the need to revise the basic approaches to the allocation of budgetary funds in order to achieve strategic priorities.

СТРАТЕГИЧЕСКОЕ ПЛАНИРОВАНИЕ В РОССИЙСКОЙ ФЕДЕРАЦИИ — ГЕОПОЛИТИЧЕСКИЕ АСПЕКТЫ

New geopolitical realities dictate new requirements for the management of the Russian economy, whose strategic planning system should fully take into account the geopolitical aspects of today and especially the long-term perspective. The article reveals four geopolitical aspects. Proposals have been formulated, including on strengthening the role of a single decision-making center and creating the necessary managerial and methodological vertically integrated infrastructure for this, the need to ensure the transition to the interaction of Russia’s strategic plans with the plans of new geopolitical partners towards the implementation of joint geo-economic projects, etc.

Конкурс муниципальных стратегий – 2022: история стратегирования и флагманские проекты

The article describes the experience of designing and conducting a competition of municipal strategies “Implemented Strategies: From Idea to Execution”, held in 2022. The competition is seen as a method of practice analysis of municipal strategic planning in Russia during 25 years (1997–2022). The materials of participants i.e. 33 municipalities from 19 regions were studied. The participants were divided into three size groups by population. In each group, the winner in the final nomination “The Best Strategic Planning System” was determined based on the results in two intermediate nominations – “The Most Stable Strategic Planning System” and “The Best Flagship Project.” The best in the final nomination were the city of Belogorsk (Amur region), Surgut district and Surgut (both are located in Khanty-Mansi Autonomous Okrug – Yugra). The systems of strategic planning of Koltsovo work settlement (Novosibirsk region), Surgut district and the city of Surgut, starting their history since 2002, 2005 and 2004, respectively, are recognized as the most stable ones. In terms of flagship projects, Zadonsky district (Lipetsk region), Michurinsk (Tambov Region) and Novorossiysk (Krasnodar Krai) are in the lead. Based on the materials of the competition, two approaches to strategies’ updating are identified: frequent change of strategies with a short planning horizon and regular updating of a long-term strategy. The flagship projects were grouped by industry orientation. (Most of the projects are presented in the groups “Production”, “Infrastructure, urban environment, transportation”, “Social sphere, culture, sports”; few projects were in the areas of housing and communal services and ecology.) The criteria for the quality of a set of flagship projects are identified: balance of the set of projects by industry, clear relation with the priorities of the strategy, provision of accelerated development in a certain area, concreteness of the results.

РОЗРОБЛЕННЯ КОНЦЕПЦІЇ ПОЗИЦІЮВАННЯ ОРГАНІЗАЦІЙ ТУРИСТИЧНОЇ СФЕРИ

The article is devoted to the justification of the process of strategic positioning of tourism positioning firms. The economic and social crisis of recent years has seriously affected the development of the tourism industry, causing the need for qualitative changes and improvement of the structure of the tourism industry, improving the efficiency of management and the quality of services. At the same time, the issue of improving the system of strategic marketing planning in the tourist organization, which makes it possible to concentrate the available limited resources on the most important strategic directions, and to ensure the flexibility and maneuverability of their use, becomes especially relevant. Ensuring the competitiveness of the organization is impossible without the development and implementation of an effective marketing positioning strategy. Modern business in a highly competitive economy can be successful if the target audience is correctly selected and the organization of systematic work is done to satisfy and, ideally, anticipate their requests. To organize relations with its target audience, a travel company must pay serious attention to the positioning of itself and its products or services. Positioning is a complex phenomenon and, despite the presence of a wide range of scientific works, the study of its conceptual foundations, directions and methods remains relevant from both a theoretical and a practical point of view. The research proposed and substantiated the author's vision of the peculiarities of the positioning of a tourist company with an emphasis on the characteristics of the tourist product and demand, as well as the nature of competition, as well as proposed approaches to the positioning of tourist companies at two levels: tourist product and tourist operator. The positioning strategy is successfully used in many organizations of the tourism business as it allows you to gain a decisive advantage over competitors, which is especially important for the tourism market, which is characterized by a high level of competition and the provision of similar services that often do not have unique characteristics.

AN ASSESSMENT OF MANPOWER PLANNING IN NIGERIA LOCAL GOVERNMENT SYSTEM

It is unfortunate that unavailability of manpower database, lack of forecasting are part of the factors affecting manpower planners in local government in Nigeria. Hence, manpower planning as a function of management is highly indispensable in the attainment of local government development goals. The study assesses manpower planning in Nigeria local government system, using Ewekoro Local Government, Ogun State. This discourse is exploratory in nature as it largely relied on secondary data generated from journals, articles, books, internet, etc as well as direct interview with the local government staffs which serves as primary source of information. Findings from the direct interview revealed that inadequate manpower inventory, improper utilization of the 1% of federal allocations for staff training, lack of forecasting especially when it comes to replacement policy and succession planning have impede human resources planner in Ewekoro local government. It was concluded that Ewekoro local government should have strategic manpower planning and human resources system because it serves as the bedrock for effective and efficient performances of the council. Recommendations based on the study is that there should be effective organizational communication of human resources policy, adequate workers motivation, engendering performance and diligence of career local council staffs, creation of enabling working environment through adequate provision of administrative offices for local government staffs

ПРОДОВОЛЬСТВЕННЫЙ СУВЕРЕНИТЕТ РОССИИ В СОВРЕМЕННЫХ ГЕОПОЛИТИЧЕСКИХ УСЛОВИЯХ: ПУТИ, ОЦЕНКИ, СПОСОБЫ ДОСТИЖЕНИЯ

The article substantiates the relevance and necessity of ensuring food sovereignty of the country; formulates the goal and objectives related to the achievement of self-sufficiency in quality and affordable food. The importance of the policy of food sovereignty in the aspect of full self-sufficiency of the state in basic foodstuffs as an integral part of the general system of economic security of the country is argued. The paper considers the relationship of the program of sustainable development of the food sector of the domestic economy with the key elements of the quality of life of the population. Special attention is paid to the improvement of the system of strategic planning and forecasting of production of basic food groups of food products. The results of the study allow to prioritize the choice of ways to achieve food sovereignty, to identify the categories of goods, the production of which needs investment.

МОДЕЛИРОВАНИЕ И ПРОЕКТИРОВАНИЕ ПОТРЕБНОСТЕЙ ПОЛЬЗОВАТЕЛЕЙ В ЦИФРОВОЙ ЭКОНОМИКЕ

The purpose is to study the features of the formation of a system of stage modeling and design of user needs in the digital economy. The subject of the study is the users’ needs in the digital economy and how they are formed. Research methodology. The methodological basis of the study requires the use of tools with theoretical and graphical approaches. In this case, in the context of study, methods of graphical and tabular accumulation of information, grouping, accumulation of ideological views, and systematization of processes are used. As a result of the study, it was indicated that changes in the processes caused by a change in the economic paradigm lead to the formation of new needs among users. The specific needs of the digital economy are determined by the implementation of information infrastructure, the organization of a system of strategic planning and surveillance, the collection and accumulation of spatial data, the creation and diversification of complex systems. Therefore, design of users’ needs is based on (1) the need to solve the problem, (2) the need that is not obvious, (3) the need that is formed according to the current development circumstances, (4) the need based on strategic thinking, (5) the need in conditions of transformation of the external environment.

“Стратегия выхода”: генезис концепции сквозь трансформацию мирового порядка

The transformation of the world order affects the stability of the international security system and forces nation states to intensify their efforts to develop mechanisms for preventing challenges and threats both during the transformation itself and after its completion. At the same time, political-military conflicts remain an integral element of any world order. And, paradoxically, they are the main threat to the world order. The article endeavors to analyze the features of the system of strategic planning and management of military operations under the administrations of R. Reagan and G. Bush. The choice of the period is due to, among other things, a significant similarity between the main challenges and threats relevant to the U.S. – USSR relations in that time and the U.S. – Russia relations today, which makes it possible to apply the comparative historical method of research. The purpose of the study is to identify, within the selected period, such systemic characteristics and factors, the use of which would be possible in modeling modern political and military conflicts, and would also contribute to the resolution of some of them. The particular attention is paid to the doctrine of C. Weinberger, the U. S. Secretary of Defense. The analysis of use of the American armed forces in 1981–1992 confirms the effectiveness of the Weinberger Doctrine. Moreover, with the assistance of C. Powell, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Weinberger Doctrine became the basis of a conceptual approach to politicalmilitary conflicts as an “exit strategy”. Today, in the context of the immutable nature of a political-military conflict, the Weinberger Doctrine and “exit strategy” deserve special attention of the scientific community and can become a solid foundation for forecasting, planning and mechanisms for resolving modern crisis situations, armed conflicts and wars.

«ВКЛЮЧЕННОСТЬ» ПРЕФЕРЕНЦИАЛЬНЫХ ЗОН В СИСТЕМУ СТРАТЕГИРОВАНИЯ ПРОСТРАНСТВЕННОГО РАЗВИТИЯ: ПРОБЛЕМЫ И ОГРАНИЧЕНИЯ

The article deals with the unresolved problems of forming a balanced system of strategic planning, which make the institute of preferential zones “fall out” from the process of spatial strategizing of the economy. The author analyzes the content and boundaries of the presence of preferential zones in the federal strategy for spatial development, as well as in the strategies of meso- and sub-federal planning levels, and determines approaches to forming the institutional and legal framework for the inclusion of preferential zones in the infrastructure of economic space management.

Оценка согласованности региональных и муниципальных документов стратегического планирования

Analysis of scientific sources and strategic planning documents of Russian regions and municipalities revealed that since the adoption of the federal law No. 172-FZ “On strategic planning in the Russian Federation”, significant problems have been accumulated that require an urgent solution. The study aims to develop tools for assessing the consistency of strategic planning documents at the regional and municipal levels. The Volga Federal District was selected for testing as one of the largest sub-federal entities, since obtained findings may be applied in other regions. Information on the availability, titles, implementation periods of regional and municipal strategies and programmes was collected and classified. Indicators of difference, deviation, and variance were determined for data processing. As a result, the study demonstrated that the current system of strategic planning in many Russian regions is extremely unbalanced: set implementation periods, numbers and titles of documents significantly differ, suggesting a lack of consistency in terms of other parameters, particularly, financial ones. The introduction of proposals developed in this paper will significantly improve the strategic planning at the regional and municipal levels. Additionally, the proposed tool can be used for the legislative consolidation of the list of priority areas and nomenclature of strategic planning documents in the strategic cycle. Since the analysis can be performed without specific mathematical knowledge, state and municipal authorities can also replicate this approach to ensure the strategic development of territories.

Problems of sustainable economic development in modern conditions

Solving the problems of sustainable economic development and improving the standard of living and well-being of the population in Russia is largely due to increasing the effectiveness of the system of strategic planning and management of socio-ecological and economic development of regions. For many years, the priority direction in the rural economy of the country has been the sectoral agrarian approach, including in areas with limited resource potential. This did not contribute to a breakthrough in the development of agriculture due to the destruction of established principles and relationships. Particular attention should be paid to the problem of infrastructure development in rural areas, economic entities engaged in the processing and sale of agricultural raw materials and products, local crafts and rural tourism, services.

Проблемы повышения качества системы стратегического планирования в субъектах Российской Федерации

Introduction: the article identifies and analyzes the problems of improving the system of strategic planning, implemented at the level of constituent entities of the Russian Federation. Objectives: to assess the quality of the strategic planning system in the regions of the Volga Federal District, by identifying factors that ensure the consideration of both actual and planned values of its implementation. Methods: system analysis, statistical method, grouping, normalization, graphical method. Results: the problems of strategic planning and the main factors reducing the quality of its implementation at the level of the Russian Federation regions have been identified. In the case-study of the Volga Federal District regions, strategic planning documents were analyzed in terms of the degree of implementation (2010–2020) and the planned parameters for 2025 and 2030. It has been established that the main factors having the strongest impact on the strategic planning quality are the index of the investments physical volume in fixed capital and real monetary incomes of the population. To assess the quality of strategic planning and to provide for a comparative analysis of its dynamics across the regions of the Volga Federal District, an integral index has been proposed that takes into account both actual and planned parameters in the context of changes in the main performance results: general economic (GRP per capita), investment (investment in fixed assets) and social (life expectancy) ones. The calculations showed that by 2030 (should the approved plans be implemented in full) the overall rating positions of the regions will be maintained, with some reduction in the gap between the upper echelon Russian regions and the leading region (the Republic of Tatarstan) and an increase in the differentiation of regions in the Volga Federal District as a whole. Conclusions: improving the quality of the strategic planning system is a complex, multifaceted process that requires taking into account many factors of a different nature. For some of those considered in the article, proposals for levelling were made to improve strategic planning and the quality of its implementation in the Volga Federal District regions.

Optimal and Effective Resource Management in Edge Computing

Edge computing is a cloud computing extension where physical computers are installed closer to the device to minimize latency. The task of edge data centers is to include a growing abundance of applications with a small capability in comparison to conventional data centers. Under this framework, Federated Learning was suggested to offer distributed data training strategies by the coordination of many mobile devices for the training of a popular Artificial Intelligence (AI) model without actually revealing the underlying data, which is significantly enhanced in terms of privacy. Federated learning (FL) is a recently developed decentralized profound learning methodology, where customers train their localized neural network models independently using private data, and then combine a global model on the core server together. The models on the edge server use very little time since the edge server is highly calculated. But the amount of time it takes to download data from smartphone users on the edge server has a significant impact on the time it takes to complete a single cycle of FL operations. A machine learning strategic planning system that uses FL in conjunction to minimise model training time and total time utilisation, while recognising mobile appliance energy restrictions, is the focus of this study. To further speed up integration and reduce the amount of data, it implements an optimization agent for the establishment of optimal aggregation policy and asylum architecture with several employees’ shared learners. The main solutions and lessons learnt along with the prospects are discussed. Experiments show that our method is superior in terms of the effective and elastic use of resources.

The Perspectives of Ensuring Gender Equality in the Republic of Moldova Through its Integration into the National Strategic Planning System

The Perspectives of Ensuring Gender Equality in the Republic of Moldova Through its Integration into the National Strategic Planning System

ФІНАНСОВИЙ МЕХАНІЗМ РЕАЛІЗАЦІЇ СТРАТЕГІЙ СТАЛОГО РОЗВИТКУ ТЕРИТОРІАЛЬНИХ ГРОМАД

In today's conditions of rapid changes in the economy of territorial units, it is a difficult task to forecast the implementation of their development priorities. This, in turn, determines the need to define for each territorial community a specific vector of strategic development based on scientifically based approaches. Objectively assessing the financial state of communities, it is extremely difficult to predict the implementation of the priority directions of development of individual territories in the future. Therefore, the issue of strategic planning in the conditions of the modern decentralization reform increases attention to the financial mechanisms for the implementation of the strategic goals of the sustainable development of territorial communities. It was determined that the basis of the functioning of an effective system for achieving the goals of sustainable development, set at the strategic level, is the financial support of this process. It has been proven that the effective use of financial tools in the strategic planning system makes it possible to ensure the implementation of planned measures for the long term. In this context, the article substantiates the theoretical and methodological foundations of the effective functioning of the financial mechanism for the implementation of strategies for the sustainable development of territorial communities. It is substantiated that the implementation of sustainable development strategies of territorial communities consists of two conditional stages (planning and implementation) and, accordingly, the process of financial support includes such conditional stages (funding and direct financing). The main elements of the financial mechanism for the implementation of sustainable development strategies of territorial communities, which gradually implement their functions to achieve the specified parameters, have been identified. It is justified that when implementing programs and projects at the system level for the implementation of sustainable development strategies, it is advisable to use investment financing tools.

ГОСУДАРСТВЕННОЕ ПЛАНИРОВАНИЕ КАК ИНСТРУМЕНТ РЕАЛИЗАЦИИ ЭКОНОМИЧЕСКОЙ ПОЛИТИКИ РОССИИ В НОВЫХ ГЕОСТРАТЕГИЧЕСКИХ УСЛОВИЯХ

The article discusses the main problems of the current strategic planning system in the Russian Federation in the context of a new geopolitical reality. The question is raised about the correlation of directive and indicative elements in the strategic planning documents being developed. The necessity of the final choice of the format of macroterritorial planning (federal districts or macro-regions) is noted The measures proposed by Russian experts to improve the system of planning documents, in particular, initiatives to develop five-year plans for socio-economic development at the federal and regional levels, were evaluated.