МАГОМЕДОВ Керем Османович

Ensuring the effective work of public authorities and management is a very important task. The system of the state civil service of the Russian Federation continues to improve from the very beginning of the implementation of the concept of its reform (2001). This requires continuous improvement of the professional level of civil servants, creation of optimal conditions for their activities, balance of personnel processes and relations. The impact of social factors on the effectiveness of the public civil service should also be taken into account. These include: socio-psychological and moral qualities of employees, their professionalism, socio-technological equipment of official activity, motivation and stimulation of personnel, training of specialists in the field of management, their vertical and horizontal rotation, improving organizational and managerial culture, etc. Sociological analysis and monitoring of social factors affecting the efficiency of public administration makes it possible to obtain socially significant and reliable information necessary for public authorities to make a reasonable choice of personnel technologies. The paper deals with the methodology of sociological research on the impact of social factors on the effectiveness of public administration.

In the recent years various issues related to the reform of civil service of the Russian Federation, the necessity of improving its foundations and change the professional, socio-psychological and moral state have been discussed. Being social - managerial education it is in the constant interaction with civil society institutions, the development of which is considered as the strategic task connected with the formation of the modern foundations of the Russian society as a source of the democratic processes and their stability. A lot of questions and complaints relate directly to the state civil servants who are in the social contact with the population and representatives of various business, social, political and other organizations. This article contains analytical materials of sociological research «The actual problems of functioning and development of state civil service of the Russian Federation» conducted by the sociological group, scientists, doctoral candidates and post-graduate students of the Institute of Public Administration and Civil Service of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (October 2016 - March 2017; directed by professor K.O. Magomedov). The relevance of the study stems from the fact that the multilateral study of the problems of civil service, its internal and external social environment allows to solve many tasks connected with the activation of activities of bodies of state power and administration, to optimize the interaction of the government with civil society institutions and the population. Two thematic areas of research are presented in the paper: 1) society attitude towards public administration; 2) the image of the state bodies and the authority of civil servants.

The article considers the issues of personnel corruption in the state and municipal government in the Russian Federation, defined by its major threats, sources and content, as well as factors of deterrence. The publication is based on data of sociological researches of scientists of RANEPA during the period 2003 - 2014. The author identifies the base of theoretical and applied studies on the issues of corruption in the sphere of state and municipal governance and presents the analysis of views on the issues of surveyed public servants. The article demonstrates the use of the sociological method in the study on the issues of corruption.

Summaries: The article examines the results of sociological research of professional development and tendencies in personnel processes in public service. The research findings deal with the professionalism assessment of civil servants and with the issues of providing high level of professional and career development for civil servants.

The author observes the subject of motivation and stimulation of civil servants work which is based on social research data of Russian Federation public administration social professional problems. He estimates the efficiency of the methods and shows that it is necessary to form the motivational complex taking into consideration actual demands to government authorities servants, management methods and their activities.

The author explores the latest bureaucracy related challenges in the Russian civil service system and uses the results of a social survey to analyze the attitude to this phenomenon among public officials and in the society.

Based on the data and analytical conclusions of a sociological survey conducted by a team of RAPA researchers in 2011, issues pertaining to the current condition and development of the institutional framework of local government in the Russian Federation are considered.

On the basis of sociological research on topical issues of the functioning and development of local government in Russian Federation the author considers a variety of topics pertaining to the formation and development of personnel in municipal authorities in contemporary Russia.

Based on the results of sociological research on topical issues of functioning and development of local government in the Russian Federation, the article examines the issue of corruption in the activity of local governments, the danger it poses to local communities in contemporary Russia.

The author explores the issue of workforce capacity development in the Russian society, providing a theoretical substantiation of the need to consider it as a separate object of scientific analysis; he also looks at the role of public personnel policy in the development of workforce capacity in the Russian society

Современная ситуация в сфере государственного и муниципального управления в России характеризуется высоким уровнем проблемности. Достижение стабильности и устойчивого развития российского общества во многом связано с созданием эффективной системы власти в стране, но процессы формирования действенной власти в современной России проходят в сложных условиях, под воздействием различных факторов внутреннего и внешнего характера.