Public administration personnel: nomenklatura, talent reserves, and career development toward a new efficiency

Abstract

The article focuses on the Russian Federation’s career management systems and the Institute of the Personnel Reserve of the Civil Service. The author examined current practices for working with the talent reserve, highlighted significant problems with its creation and development, and suggested solutions to these challenges. The work focuses on issues such as the evolution of nomenklatura practices and the comparative analysis of various career paths, the selection and professional development of government employees, the effectiveness of the personnel reserve system, and overcoming negative behaviors such as careerism, bureaucracy, and corrupt self-serving abuses. The article proposes measures to optimize existing HR practices and identifies the conditions necessary for the effective functioning of the system of personal and professional development of public sector leaders.