Scientific Administration of Society. Actual problems. Man in management systems. Program-target planning and management. Afanasyev V.G.

The book presents the works of academician V. G. Afanasyev, dedicated to the scientific management of society.

in “Actual problems of scientific management of society”, the author considers the socialist society as a complex differentiated integral system, reveals the basic principle of organizing a socialist society and managing it - democratic centralism. The ways to improve management are also investigated, including planning, stimulating, improving the organizational management structure, the use of automation, and increasing the role of labor collectives.

In the work “Man in Management Systems”, for which in 1976 V. G. Afanasyev was awarded the first degree diploma for the best work of popular science literature, the issues of a person’s role in management systems in the conditions of automation of all processes in the era of the scientific and technical revolution and its purposeful influence both on production and other spheres of society.

The “software-targeted planning and management” considers the need and possibility of a systemic software-targeted approach to planning and management. The essence, types and stages of the development of programs, ways to implement them are described in detail. The experience of program-targeted planning and management in the USSR and other socialist countries is shown.

The book is recommended for social scholars, philosophers, political scientists, economists, as well as a wide range of readers interested in the problems of scientific management.