This research aims to improve a methodic for evaluation of economy’s competitiveness through theoretical-methodological substantiation, forming and calculation of integral indices of innovative technological competitiveness across the regions of a country. The relevance and indispensability of reinforcement of economy’s competitiveness on innovative technological foundations are also substantiated. Available methodical approaches in economic literature and competitiveness rankings and indices used by leading international economic organizations, namely in innovations and high technology domains, are generalized. Authors’ methodic of calculation of integral index of economy’s innovative technological competitiveness is suggested. Integral indicators of provision of innovative technological activity with resources, innovative technological activity and efficiency of innovative technological activity across regions (on the example of Ukraine) are calculated for 2009-2018; conclusions regarding the preconditions, capacity and availability of tendencies of innovative technological activity in oblasts (regions) of the country are made. The paper explains that each of the components of innovative technological competitiveness of the country’s economy had almost equal input in forming of its integral index – provision with resources, capacity and efficiency of innovative technological activity. In the first place, it is an additional argument in favor of the model’s reliability, and in the second place, it brings into the fore the importance of public policy in terms of improvement of resources maintenance of innovative and technologically active companies, boosting of innovative technological activity and increasing of its efficiency and contribution to general economic growth of the country. Strategic priorities of state policy of reinforcement of the economy’s innovative technological competitiveness are substantiated.

This paper examines the relationship between public policy and education management in Indonesia by looking at various indicators influencing the public policy and the education management. For education management, factors like education achievement at elementary & higher school, college enrolment, job market in both local and international levels and social development are observed. Public policy is studied through work force development, higher education, brain drain, public safety, constitutional convention, job approval, legislature and operation policies. To examine this association, a survey questionnaire is developed and presented on various respondents regarding public policy and education management. A sample of 327 respondents is empirically examined and it is observed that the effect of work force development on elementary school achievement was significant while the effect of brain drains, job approval and legislature were crucial for the presented indicators of education management. Further studies can be conducted while considering other aspects of both public policy and education.
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The influence of military-political instability at the state security has special consequences and cannot be ignored. That is why the methods of economic security calculations should be adapted to modern conditions. Significant changes in economic, political, social conditions in Ukraine because of the influence of military events cause the necessity of developing approaches to calculations of economic security level. The article aims at analyzing active methods of calculations of economic security level to adapt their indicators to actual economic circumstances in Ukraine and the world. Indicators of the economic security have been composed of budget, money-credit, foreign exchange, debt, known banking financial market security, banking security. Every component of economic security has factors of war influence, which, as a result, correlates with the integral indicator of economic security. The relevance and indispensability of reinforcement of the economy’s competitiveness on security foundations are substantiated. The authors’ methods of calculation of an integral indicator of economic security have been suggested. A taxonomic indicator is used to measure the level of security. Conclusions regarding the preconditions, capacity, and availability of tendencies of economic security in regions of the country have been made. Strategic priorities of the state policy for reinforcement of economic security have been substantiated.

Nowadays, learning more about influence groups on public policy making is one of most important subjects of management science. Governments are the primary sources for public policy making but influenced groups participate indirectly and while they remain out of power, they put pressure on many decisions. Some of participants in public policy making are not influenced groups but mostly, due to their participation in policy public making matter are called influenced groups. This research, from practical research purpose and method view, is a descriptive research and survey branch. The study investigates the effect of university based Iranian Sociological Association on public policy making. The study designs a questionnaire in Likert scale and distributes it among some experts. The results of our survey indicate that that Iranian Sociological Association could influence on public policy making through elite and prominent leaders, self-knowledge and information, elective campaigns, stimulation and connecting with people and other groups.