The International Department of Public and Business Administration has initiated a publication, by the TSU Publishing House, of a new journal of science and practice, “Problems of Governance”, in 2009.
Mission of the journal consists in making for development of natural systemic character of any human activity by introducing ideas of Systems Thinking and methods of Design Practice into mentality of decision-makers in social systems (which contain people as their parts) of any kinds, – that of managers, CEOs, researchers and designers of organizations, – from socio-technical ones to state and municipalal, political and public, private and non-profit, international and ecological.
Realization of purpose of heightening efficacy of governance at all levels of hierarchy is being achieved by regular publication of the analytic papers by native and foreign authors on a progress in theory and practice of management and government, by conducting discussions on the actual problems of managerial technologies, and by dissemination of information of successes and failures in the world practice of reforms in various parts of society. This defines a specific character of the journal as being inter-, over- , and trans-disciplinary one.
Editorial board of the journal is manned with experts of various participating in governance specialties – from philosophers to engineers, from educators to researchers, belonging to Russian and foreign universities and academies. Members of the Board of Editors are from cities of wide geography: Haiffa (Israel), Moscow, Novosibirsk, Philadelphia (USA), St.Petersburg, Taganrog, Tomsk, Yekaterinburg.
Papers published by now in issues of the journal belong to the authors from Russia and other countries: Brazil, England, Poland, South Africa, USA; the foreign articles are published in English or in Russian translation, occasionally – in both languages simultaneously.
The journal “Problems of Governance” promotes heightening of systemic mentality of elite of our society, and through that helps to rise the quality of making and implementing decisions in all areas of human activities.
Editorial Board of the journal is a part of the recently opened Center of International Projects of the Int’l Dept. of Public and Business Admin. (TSU), the Director of which, Prof. F.P.Tarasenko, is also the Editor-in-Chief of the journal.