Conceptual and terminological problems of modern management

The object of the given article is toreview the issues of modern management in Russia, particularly, the formation of terminology system of contemporary administration.Russian management science is on the development stage now, which creates a great number of terms and definitions with no commonmeanings. Current position prevents the efficient study of management and its retranslation. Formation of a unified terminology systemof contemporary management is essential in Russia. So, the aim of the given article is to reveal the problems, which obstruct theformation of a terminology system. At the same time the article is focused on revealing and identifying of the barriers, which prevent theusage of common management terms. According to the given aim the article solves the following objectives: research of thecontemporary definitions of management and limiting factors for creating terminology system. It is important to emphasize that authorsof the article do not aim at immediately finding the only definition of contemporary management. More attention is givento identifying the features of the determination of the complexities of forming the concepts of modern management framework. Thegiven article is one of a series of scientific studies on the problems of modern management,,which aim to define the managementconcept in Russia, highlighting its features and characteristics. The applied role of the research can be seen in the consequences ofdeveloping of concepts and terminology of modern management. It will allow practitioners to use the developments of contemporarymanagement in their work. The main outcomes of the conducted research are: 1) The necessity of creating a unified conceptand terminological field of modern management in Russia was proved. 2) the problems that prevent the creation of the mentioned fieldwere identified - history and mentality. The historical problem implies certain chronological stages, which could be named as "modernmanagement". The theories and conclusions of the classical thinkers of management, who lived in the beginning of the 20th century, arerelevant at present as well. In addition, management in Russia is based on borrowed terms, theories and has a totally differentinterpretation in the modern world. The mentality issue means separation in common understanding of management and, therefore, it isonly natural that this term has various interpretations. 3) The existing direct and indirect concepts of modern management wereanalysed. Thus, the article research results in revealing the historical problem of contemporary management. Moreover, the articleproves the necessity of a unified terminology system of modern management in Russia.

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