INTERACTION OF LOCAL STATE ADMINISTRATIONS AND LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT BODIES: MANAGEMENT ASPECT

Abstract

The article provides an analysis of contemporary interpretations of the forms and specific features of administrative relations between local state administrations and local self-government bodies in Ukraine. It has been established that stable horizontal, vertical, and feedback public authority subject-object relations are established between them. Attention is paid to coordination, reordination, and subordination management relationships. Their role and significance in the mechanism of interaction of public policy institutions in the process of decentralization of power in Ukraine is clarified. The scientific approaches of researchers to defining these concepts have been identified. The functioning of the institution of delegation of powers, which significantly determines the nature and interaction of executive authorities and selfgoverning structures, has been analyzed. Coordination as a type of managerial interaction is considered as a kind of resource, the use of which depends on the level of democracy of relations between executive and self-governing structures, the leadership potential of public policy actors, etc. The research emphasized that the presence of reordination relationships in the process of administrative activities, characterized by mutual rights and obligations and active vertical communication, can contribute to the flexibility of both local self-government bodies and local state administrations, their rapid adaptation to dynamic changes and problems, and the congruence of the management system with the processes it is designed to order. This, in turn, will promote greater certainty and predictability in the behavior of managed objects. Ignoring reordination linkages by the management subject can lead to conflicts of interest, reduced effectiveness of public administration, and decreased stability and dynamism. A promising area of scientific research is the synergistic effect of combining subordination, coordination, and reordination management relations in the public policy system at the local level.