No 2 (2009)

In given article considered the actual for today problem of migration highly skilled scientists in and out of Russia. The current condition of the Russian economy and its strongly pronounced raw orientation testifies to necessity of the prompt revival a domestic science, transition to new high technologies, to «economy of knowledge». Thereupon the problem of «brain drain» and attraction of highly skilled experts finds a special urgency for the future of our country. Given the basic statistical reflecting scales of «brain drain» at the present stage, analyzed the reasons and consequences of «brain drain», reflected the basic features of this phenomenon in Russia, developed recommendations about optimization of a modern Russia's migratory policy in a context of the international migration of highly skilled specialists.

Article is devoted to actual theme - problems of the state entrepreneurship and its efficiency. Various definitions of concept «the state entrepreneurship», and also an author's position of the problem are resulted. In article state functions are considered, levers of influence of the state on social and economic processes are analyzed, the primary goals and peculiar features of the state entrepreneurship are described. During the consideration of the state entrepreneurship in Russia the extensive and authentic practical material is used, and also the statistical data on which basis the substantiated conclusion about increase in scales of the state entrepreneurship in our country and about strengthening of influence of already existing large state companies becomes.

Efficiency management is a new unelaborated school in Russian economic science. Overseas some aspects of the conception are considered in science and used in enterprises. Efficiency management takes place in all social and economic levels: from enterprises and companies to national economy. The Russian efficiency ratio and advanced economies comparisons in some aspects will allow to find out how much is development of efficiency management conception works forward efficiency growth and to reveal the Russian economic growth reserves.

This article deals with content and essence of the system approach, made by L. Bertalanffy in the middle of the 20-th century, proves harm, coming out from its non-critical use in the economic science, on an example of influence of system attribute «self-regulation on the basis of feedback» on the theory of control in management. The article demonstrates the influence of this system attribute on definition of control, treatment of concurrent control, ideas about objects of assessment in control, control of the processes of external environment, control of the subunits of the firm by other subunits, connection of control with the exposure of new opportunities and participation of managers in exercising direct influence over objects of external environment and other subunits of firm.

The article deals with utilization problems of contemporary personnel appraisal techniques in HR-management. The item is aimed at both analysis of present state of personnel appreciation system and its key features and crucial trends. Moreover appraisal methods' efficiency depending on the business tasks, validity problem of these modern methods, as well as their practical use in modern companies are considered. Furthermore the article underlines the importance of new social oriented approaches in staff appreciation, which are to resolve complicated difficulties in HR-management. These appraisal methods' utilization enables the company to lower staff opposition to appraisal procedures, to stimulate employees' initiative in appraisal performance neutrality, to improve staff and experts' rapport and corporate climate. In addition it increases employees' loyalty to company and improves labor productivity.

The conference was organized in Peoples' Friendship University of Russia and held at the Faculty of Economics, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia from 11 through 13 March, 2009. This conference provides a forum to analyze advancement in all aspects of transition economies development. The reports were devoted to the institutional, financial, social and other urgent problems of transition economies and globalization in modern world. The central problem of the conference was the means which would provide the effective result for the Russian economy to overcome the financial crisis of 2008.