Lebedeva N.A., Zhikharevich B.S. Strategists about strategic planning
Natalya Aleksandrovna Lebedeva
Candidate of Economic Sciences, Chairmen of the Management Board, Association for Economic Development of Territories
7-ya Krasnoarmeyskaya St., 25A, 190005 Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
Boris Savelyevich Zhikharevich
Doctor of Economic Sciences, Professor, Chief Researcher, Institute for Regional Economy Problems of RAS, Serpuhovskaya St., 38, 190013 Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation; Deputy Director of the Research, International Center of Social and Economic Researches “Leontyevsky center”
7-ya Krasnoarmeyskaya St., 25А, 190005 Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
Abstract. The statements of 76 theoreticians and practitioners of Russian strategic planning, collected in 2017 by remote interviews during the project “20 Years of Russian Strategic Personality”, are analyzed. A selection of judgments about the usefulness and factors of strategic planning effectiveness, the combination of socio-economic and spatial planning, the importance of the communication component in planning, and personnel for strategic planning were made. The opinions on the risks of formalization and the imposition of strategic strategy from the top are systematized. On the basis of judgments of experts it is revealed: a) strategic planning is useful, but process of planning is more valuable, than its immediate result; b) socioeconomic planning has to be more closely integrated with territorial; c) as much as possible stakeholders – representatives of business, authorities and society have to participate in development; d) personnel for development of strategy need to be prepared including in the course of development of strategy. It was concluded that there is a number of serious problems in the Russian strategic planning system that call into question its future, and the direction of its reform is shown. It has been suggested that in connection with the general trend of the exponential acceleration of technological innovations (blockchain artificial intelligence, etc.), which entail fundamental changes in the economy and society, one should expect qualitative changes both in methods and in the essence of strategic planning.
Key words: strategic planning, expert interview, communication planning, tendencies, communications of stakeholders, territorial planning, law on strategic planning.
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