THE PHENOMENON OF “MANAGEMENT” IN THE PUBLIC CONTEXT: PHILOSOPHICAL-METHODOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS AND CONCEPTUAL GENERALIZATION

Abstract

The article analyzes the concept of “management”, identifying the essence and development of managerial thinking through the lens of philosophical-theoretical analysis and conceptual generalization. Management is considered as a process of transforming the current state in accordance with goal-oriented thinking. Two wellknown schools of public administration are identified: the British and the German. The British school emphasizes the protection of individual freedom and the rational activities of the government, which have roots in the well-known political traditions of the United Kingdom. The German school reflects the continental European tradition and is based on Max Weber’s concept, in which public administration is equated with the state bureaucratic mechanism. The aim of the article is to assess the concept of “management” through the prism of philosophical-theoretical analysis, to reveal scientific approaches to defining the concepts of state administration, public administration, and public governance. The theoretical basis of the research consists of works by domestic and foreign scholars, as well as scientific studies on the correlation between “state administration” and the concepts of “public administration” and “public governance”. The terminological aspects are disclosed, including the problem of translating and understanding the concept of “public administration”, establishing the key differences between the terms “state administration” and “public administration”. It is found that the current state of state administration in the context of globalization and informational transformations requires the development of public governance, which entails the implementation of the “open government” concept, democratization of power, and increased citizen participation in governance processes.