CULTURE OF SYSTEMIC HUMAN-CENTRIC MANAGEMENT IN GOVERNMENT BODIES AS A KEY PARADIGM OF THE SUCCESSFUL DEVELOPMENT OF POST-WAR UKRAINE

Abstract

The problem of finding and substantiating a cardinal lever for the modernization of the state system of Ukraine in the most terrible period of its independent existence, which is capable of “pulling” the state out of its constant decline over more than 30 years of blind movement, is considered. Such a lever is the transition of government bodies of all hierarchical levels to a culture of systemic human-centric management, the system-forming core of which is a high index of the quality of life of citizens. The essence of one of the main paradigms of the development of post-war Ukraine in the context of saving its statehood from self-destruction due to the management in government bodies of an extractive (regressive) management culture that is not oriented towards the interests of the people, is revealed. This essence lies in the creation of effective democracy through the transition from a regressive culture of governance in government bodies to a progressive one, aimed at clearly defined final results of the activities of government structures, namely, increasing the quality of life indices of citizens. The sources and approaches to the formation of an effective culture of governance in government bodies are analyzed, starting with the Glorious (late 17th century), and then the Industrial Revolution in England and the emergence of management as a science and practice of management. The constant improvement of the latter led to the possibility of forming an innovative culture of systemic management based on final human-centric results, which ensures the priority of people’s interests over the own interests of those in power. The technology of determining the quality of life indices of community residents through an annual survey of the adult population like a national-local referendum with a widespread range of questions is substantiated. Such technology provides the opportunity to receive answers in digital index form and was called “Digital Council”. The fact that individual subjective indices of the quality of life of the population are transformed into objective ones when it comes to measuring the quality of life of community residents in integral indices is highlighted. It is the arithmetic average measurement that, in aggregate, levels out emotional factors in individuals. A pyramidal scheme is proposed for distributing responsibility between power structures horizontally and vertically (between different hierarchical levels) for the annual dynamics of citizen quality of life indices. The only source of measurement of these indices is a person from the community with his perception of the quality of life indices. We recall that they are objectified in the aggregate of indicators of the quality of life of other community residents. Thus, thanks to the transition of power structures to a culture of systemic human-centric management, it will finally be possible to implement effective democracy in Ukraine, returning the “face” of power structures at all levels to the people.