Innovative Behavioral Models as a Method for a Social System Adaptation in the Unstable External Environment

Based on the system approach, the article investigates innovative behavioral models as a method for an effective social system adaptation in the unstable external environment, developed on the principle of co-evolutionary innovation studies. It is demonstrated that increase of dynamics and complex interactions of social systems are typical for a contemporary period; in these conditions the effective adaptation mechanisms development in the unstable external environment is possible when using the co-evolutionary innovative processes. Recommendations on creation of effective social systems adaptation mechanisms for unstable conditions are developed, based on these processes. Potential of using the co-evolutionary innovative processes is evaluated for development of effective social systems adaptation mechanisms in the unstable external environment

Specificity of Social Systems Development Prognosis in Conditions of Transition to Knowledge Society

Based on the system approach, the article investigates the prognosis specificity for social systems development trajectories. It is demonstrated that conditions of transition to knowledge society determine the development of completely new features of social prognoses. Peculiarities and conditions of social prognosis, which provide the adequacy of control actions, are revealed. Recommendations on social prognosis under conditions of transition to knowledge society are developed, considering the specific features of social systems and external environment instability. The functional load of social prognosis in modern conditions is evaluated

Conceptual leadership models: success in the life philosophy of modern leaders

The article analyzes the conceptual models of leadership. The specificity of the leader's perception by the followers in various conceptual schemes-versions is revealed. An idea is outlined that unites the conceptual schemes of leadership concepts existing at the turn of the 20th – 21st centuries: one of the signs of the life philosophy of modern leaders is an orientation towards success, understood as a process that includes an ideal model of the future. The leader, as shown in the study, assesses the real situation and is able to determine the degree of the gap in the relationship “present – ideal future”. This assessment of the gap for a successful leader is the basis for motivating change, through which the gap is invariably reduced

The Quality of Education as a Factor of Social Well-Being: the Transdisciplinary Approach to Education

The problem of the individual's well-being mostly depends on the social well-being, which is the essential multi-factorial phenomenon. The social well-being depends on material resources, political and legal freedom, moral and religious values, accessibility and quality of education, and many other factors. This article is devoted to analysis of the quality of education which is an important factor of social well-being. The comparative analysis of disciplinary, interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches to education is presented in the article. The advantages of transdisciplinarity of modern education as the basis of holistic (evolutionarily-synergistic) world outlook are evaluated and proved. The role of interdisciplinary synthesis of knowledge for the humanization of society and overcoming the alienation of cultures is released. The potential of transdisciplinary approach to university education is also released. The specificity of a new type of education in the context of the imperatives of the epoch and new social practices is pointed. The thesis that the holistic trend provides the integrity which appears due to transdisciplinary accomodation is proved. According to the article it’s possible to conclude that the high quality level of education in the modern world can be based on the transdisciplinary approach to education, on the holistic world outlook

Влияние пандемии на Европейский Союз: пространственный корреляционный анализ

The authors approach COVID-19 as a perfect stress test for revealing integration connectivity within the European Union. The current crisis has challenged the resilience of regional integration, and reveals the economic connectivity within the integration blocks and their consolidating power. The goal of the research paper is to analyze the collective behaviour of the integrating countries during the external epidemiological crisis and their capability to respond to the manifestations of the crisis as‘an organic whole’. The authors develop the existing academic discourse on the defacto effects of integration and the relationship between the national and collective interests of the integrating countries, which has become the subject of fierce controversy during the pandemic. The research is based on the original concept of the stability of regional integration during the period of external crises associations proposed by the authors. To achieve the research goal of determining the degree of spatial correlation, the authors calculated Moran’s Spatial Autocorrelation Index and the multi-factor Geary’s Index. The spatial and econometric analysis of the EU countries in times of COVID-19 made the authors conclude that the initial EU’s response to the pandemic reflected nationalist self-help strategies rather than joint European approach during the earlier stages of the pandemic. Nevertheless, the EU demonstrated relatively strong intraregional trade resistance and ability to mitigate the negative consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic

The Knowledge Market and the Idea of Entrepreneurship in the Modern University

The university model of enterprise type of 21st century is analyzed. The transfer of classical university model into entrepreneurial one presents a threat to the university cultural mission. The Science and Education become more valuable as they produce knowledge, which becomes an item of goods. The authors compare modern university model with classic one. Following the hermeneutical method, the modern epoch is presented as a period of economic mercantilism and knowledge is interpreted as symbolic capital. In addition to that, the formation premise of the education market and open knowledge market are analyzed. The transformation of university structures is explored in the context of knowledge capitalization process. The article shows the knowledge as a source of innovation and the university as a result of commercial competition. The interconnection between the modern university and the mainstreaming of research project results into new technologies is based on contractual relationship (treaty relations). This relationship is defined by the term "innovation zone", which presents the final phase of the innovation cycle. We conclude that in the context of “knowledge capitalism” universities become the means of competition for global leadership in the high technologies

The problem of wellbeing within the framework of quality management

The idea of common well-being suggests the dissolution of the state’s monopoly in social welfare for the benefit o