Проблемы теории и практики управления

Benchmarking of Innovations in Regional Efficiency Management System

Rastvortseva Svetlana

Thanks to benchmarking technologies most innovative-active regions were identified, monitoring of legislation was carried out in relative regions, and practical recommendations to enhance the social and economic effectiveness of regional development through innovative component management were made.

Efficient Management Principles of a Holding Company

Krasilnikov Sergei

The author investigates opportunities offered by applying the findings of economic theorists when solving practical enterprise management issues (from goal-setting till searching for ways out of the crisis). He also quotes various viewpoints on the problem.

Independent and Network Hotels: Cost Management

Kaurova Olga

The author shows the approach to the method of managing resources in hotel business, researches the specificity of independent and network hotels.

Industrial Enterprise Management: Cluster/Sector Approach

Styrov Maxim

The author unveils the essence of the cluster/sector approach to managing industrial enterprises based on regulating their financial resources. Taking as example the Komi Republic three groups of industrial sectors are detached and differentiated managerial measures are proposed.

Industrial Modernization and Diversification: Input Effectiveness

Titova Oksana

The author proposes a model, which helps assess the effectiveness of attracting external financial sources (credit, leasing, credit-leasing, swaps) to modernize and diversify production (entire or partial substitution of production funds) as well as evaluate the impact of changing production conditions on financial indicators.

Information Cascades and Managerial Decision-Making

Popov Yevgeni, Konovalov Arkadi, Paklina Tatyana

The authors present the model information cascade model modified considering participation of agents with an expert opinion and show that experts represent one of most efficient tools in managing information cascades.

Management System Reform in a Big Engineering Company on Its Preparatory Stage to Start a New Project

Barinov Vladimir, Magomedova Yulia

The authors describe elements within the scheme of reforming the management system of a big engineering company in the process of starting an energy saving project.

Managerial Innovations as Means of Raising the Effectiveness of Decision-Making

Vladykin Anatoli, Gershanok Gennadi

The authors describe the model of organizational management based of identifying and eliminating key systemic restraints. The model makes it possible for the CEO to control most important business processes in the organization, identify and resolve conflicts, overcome hardships standing in the way of company development and improvement.

Russian Education System: Problems and Perspectives

Rodionova Natalya, Zaitseva Irina

The authors present generalized characteristics of processes going on in the educational sphere, show the development perspectives of Russian high schools.

Technological Processes Management as Production Quality Management Subsystem

Bekker Vyacheslav

The system of managing complex technological systems, whose goals may change during operation process, is regarded. The specific feature of the proposed approach is the continuous-discrete presentation of a multi-level management object in terms of automated models of Petri nets.

The Company Information and Communication Culture

Emelyanov Yuri

The author analyzes the role of information and communication culture in ensuring the company organizational effectiveness, describes up-to-date approaches to communications management.

The Competitiveness of the Regional Agroindustrial Complex (AIC): Essence, Assessment Method and Enhancing Mechanism

Anokhina Marina, Seredina Nika

The article unveils the essence of the competitiveness of a regional AIC as overall and multifactor phenomenon taking into account the specificity of the agricultural sphere and its social significance. The authors propose a conception of enhancing regional AIC competitiveness by applying the theory of strategic alliances.

The Modern Interpretation of the Term «Restructuring»

Vorobyova Olga

The author analyzes the main terminological differences between the terms «restructuring», «re-organizing» and «reforming» and gives the definitions of «restructuring» used in specialized literature.