Implementation of project management approach in public sector of the republic of Kazakhstan

Abstract

Performing of strategic tasks for development of a country, such as modernization and conversion of its economy into the innovation vector, improvement of the level and quality of life of the population requires the search for effective management models that are adequate to the modern economy. At the same time, improving public administration focusing on the concentration and rational use of scarce resources (financial, investment, human, managerial, etc.) in public and private sectors play an important role in these processes. As demonstrated by successful world experience, the implementation of a project management approach to the activities of government organizations helps to solve these problems. In this connection, the main features and advantages of this approach, distinguishing it from the current practice of organizing the activity of public authorities are analyzed in this thesis, and the peculiarities of development of studies and practice of project management in the world are presented. The main "generic" features of a project as a basic category of the concept and its classification have been identified. The authors while studying the existing publications and domestic experience have revealed a number of problems hindering its implementation in the public organizations. Finally, measures encouraging the formation of favorable conditions for the implementation of project management approach as a tool, allowing to improve the efficiency of public management in Kazakhstan have been proposed.