No 3 (2010)

The article focuses on the UNESCO World Report defining the strategic directions for the development of the human society in the XXI century as «Investing in Cultural Diversity and Intercultural Dialogue». The main challenge facing the international community at present is laconically described in the Report as «managing diversity». The term «investing» reflects the economic and administrative focus of the paper on governmental and public agencies' active interference into the development of sociocultural processes; while intercultural interaction is announced to be the essential and indispensable component of the contemporary social management. In terms of the proposals involved the management of cultural diversity amid the global crisis is actually set equal to anti-crisis strategies.

The topics related to traditional and innovative culture hold a specific place in contemporary cultural studies. On the one hand, the harmonious balance between traditional and innovative culture is the safeguard of social development. On the other hand, it contributes to the perpetuation of the most essential time-honoured and time-tested social values. The article examines the given range of problems in the framework of polyethnic society, where the maintenance of established traditions emerges as an indispensable requirement for national identity preservation.

The author demonstrates the adequacy of the ecoanthropocentric paradigm for predictive consulting. The problem of integrated knowledge retrieval in the framework of the ecoanthropocentric paradigm of social management is shown to be solved by a sociologist, which implies the articulation of a new social function performed by the given science.

The studies of the new methods of local self-government development facilitating local community resources' application toward the solution of the problems facing the society are gaining in importance against the backdrop of the crisis. The article provides the rationale for the potential application of corporate management principles to achieve the purpose involved.

The article is devoted to social management development at different stages of society's evolution - traditional, industrial and post-industrial. The historical types of social management are highlighted.

There are some barriers to the development of small and medium-sized enterprises in Indonesia. The problems are caused by various factors ranging from financial matters to the lack of governmental actions. There are no private institutions able to provide support to the developing business enterprises in the country.