PROGRAM-TARGETED APPROACH IN MAKING MANAGERIAL DECISIONS REGARDING THE DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL EDUCATIONAL SYSTEMS

Abstract

The article is devoted to the exploration of theoretical and practical aspects of the application of the program-targeted approach as one of the effective methods in making managerial decisions concerning the development of regional educational systems. It is defined that the application of the program-targeted approach in public administration of regional educational systems is capable of yielding high results given the presence of factors such as: full correspondence of regional educational systems to the capabilities of the program-targeted approach; a high level of professional competence of individual management subjects and the coherence of their teamwork; availability and a high degree of readiness of necessary resources; real engagement of partners in the program and systematic support from their side; the presence of a "critical mass" - forces that support the goals and ideas of the program, which can change the situation in the necessary direction; involvement in the program and motivation of educational subjects; direct and explicit support from regional legislative and executive authorities; highquality management of the process at all stages of work with the program (from the decision to develop it to its completion). It is clarified that the program-targeted approach: serves as a methodological basis for the development of mechanisms, appropriate and necessary tools in the implementation of public administration of regional educational systems; presupposes that the goals of public education management are set based on social demand, taking into account local conditions and the needs of the regional labor market, the current state of regional educational systems, and are related to national, regional, and local levels; allows identifying and solving urgent problems of regional educational systems, building corresponding priorities of organizational and managerial activities; serves as a basis for the development of an algorithm for the implementation of management activities in accordance with the developed mechanisms for the development of regional educational systems; provides the opportunity to monitor the process of achieving the set goal according to the prescribed stages of its implementation in the program; allows for adequate design and implementation of management in practice, comprehensively covering various aspects of management, synthesizing formal and informal approaches to public administration of regional educational systems.