REGIONAL STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT: THEORY, METHODS, PRACTICES
The article is devoted to the study of the theory, methods, practices of strategic planning and strategic management of the development of the region. Such studies are highly relevant, due to the many unresolved issues in regional strategizing, as well as the complication of the object of regional strategic planning. The stages of the cycle of regional strategic planning and management are presented; attention is focused on the importance of each of them. The results of the author's expert assessment of the strategies of socio-economic development of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation are presented. The research methodological framework is based on the theoretical provisions of strategic planning and management, regional and spatial economics. This study is based on a comprehensive analysis of the texts of strategies for the socio-economic development of the constituent entities of the Russian Federation that are part of the Ural Federal District, by using a set of methods: logical, dialectical, and also cause-and-effect. It is concluded that it is necessary to unify the processes of regional strategic planning and management, including through the existing "best" practices. The article is of interest to scientists-researchers, practitioners involved in the formation (development and updating), as well as the implementation and control over the implementation of strategies for the socio-economic development of territories and other stakeholders.