Optimization of Strategic Planning Processes in the System of State and Municipal Administration of the Russian Federation

Effective strategic planning is a key factor in the successful development of the public and municipal management system.
The relevance of the article is determined by the need to find new methods and tools for optimizing strategic planning processes in a dynamically changing socio-economic environment.
The subject of the research is the peculiarities of strategic planning in the system of state and municipal administration of the Russian Federation. The purpose of the work is to develop a set of measures to improve strategic planning mechanisms at the state and municipal levels. A content analysis of 150 strategic planning documents at the federal, regional and municipal levels was carried out. In– depth interviews were conducted with 30 experts — representatives of legislative and executive authorities, scientific and business communities. A case study of the five best practices of strategic planning has been completed. Methods of systemic, factorial and comparative analyses are applied. The problems of strategic planning are revealed: insufficient coordination between management levels, formalism and declarative strategies, lack of resource provision. The necessity of institutionalizing the processes of joint goal-setting of government, business and society is substantiated. A model for managing strategic changes in public policy based on a project-process approach is proposed. Proposals for the implementation of risk-based strategic controlling have been developed.
It is concluded that the obtained research results develop the theoretical and methodological foundations of strategic management at the state and municipal levels, and the continuation of work on the further development of a set of measures to improve strategic planning mechanisms depends on the creation of tools for assessing the quality of strategic planning documents and the formation of an integrated digital strategic management platform.

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