STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES OF MUNICIPAL DEVELOPMENT

Abstract

Purpose. To demonstrate tools for building a set of objectives of strategic development of municipalities both theoretically and practically. Methods. The basic method for constructing a strategic objectives tree is the systematic and integrated approaches to defining the elements of the target system and considering the links between the objectives proceeding from such strategy subsystems as Vision, Mission and strategically significant decisions based on the system analysis of external and internal environment. The tools for constructing a set of objectives are morphological matrices, expert assessments, content analysis, and the procedure of aggregating elements into a system. Results. The morphological matrices of the transition from Vision to Mission and then to the strategic objectives, as well as the procedures of identification of the strategic objectives resulting from the strategically significant decisions developed in the solutions matrix, built on the basis of the analysis of factors of external and internal environment of municipal entities have been created. Aggregation of the obtained set of goals into a tree graph allows for identification of the strategically important development areas and a strategies slogan development based on the integration of the key words of the objectives of the first level of decomposition. Scientific novelty. A distinctive feature of the developed methodology is in integrated consideration of the strategic development objectives of municipal entities and in gradual lowering of the abstraction level when moving from an unattainable objective (Vision) to the main one (Mission), and then to the specific objectives of strategic development. Besides, a mechanism for strategy formulation is proposed, differing in the procedure for setting objectives in order through tree structure and slogan containing the keywords of the objectives of the first level of decomposition. Moreover, the objectives tree contains not only the Vision and the Mission objectives, but also the strategically significant decisions based on the analysis of factors of external and internal environment of municipal entities.