Social orientation as a characteristic of the head’ personality in the government service
The article presents the author's view on the problem of social orientation, the features of this quality in the heads' characteristics in the public service. It seems that the social orientation is the concept that most reflects the individual's immanence of the civil servant. Noted that this is particularly concerns for managers, because of depending on the formation of the entire corporate culture of government and management, because the consequences of attitude towards people become even more extensive for senior management positions performed in the strategic decisions. Specific features of manifestation of social orientation in activity of heads are given. The article describes the possibility of its assessment in the framework of personal and professional diagnosis, conducted for more than five years and allowed to highlight the social orientation in an independent significant indicator of the heads' assessment in the public service. A comparison of social orientation and social responsibility is presented. Described approaches for the construction of managers' typology with different social orientation. Shown the relation of social orientation and metacompetence in providing of the effectiveness of management activities.