Yanenkova I.G.
Petro Mohyla Mykolaiv state university
POSSIBILITIES
AND PRE-CONDITIONS OF CORPORATE
STRUCTURES ORGANIZATIONAL RESOURCE USING
IN PROVIDING INNOVATIVE
DEVELOPMENT OF ECONOMY
The constituents
of organizational resource of corporate structures are considered. Certainly
main problems which interfere with becoming of terms of innovative menage and
the ways of their decision are offered.
Formulating the problem. An obvious and well-proven fact - corporate sector of economy is the
important constituent of the national innovative systems for today, the basic
role of which consists in creation of progressive technologies on the base of
own research-and-developments and in future market mastering of innovations.
World’s leading countries experience shows that without creation of large
national computer-integrated structures, there is a threat of transformation of
domestic enterprises in peripheral production capacities for maintenance of
international alliances, that negatively influences on country’s economic
development and national safety.
A problem is that most theoretical and
methodological aspects of corporate sector and management development, touch
economic and financial questions. It means that the role of large corporations
organizational resource is ignored. In particular, systematized knowledge about
a construction and functioning of organizationally administrative mechanism of
corporate development, determination of criteria of its influence on
scientifically technological and innovative development on micro- and macrolevels are absent.
Publications analysis. A
lot of answers we find in a scientific
monograph [1] which is the result of system research of two problems: forming
corporate sector and mechanisms of providing innovative orientation about it,
that allowed authors to confirm a
hypothesis in relation to the role of corporate structures as main
organizational , financial, and economic resource of innovative model of
economic growth.. Russian authors
Anshin V.M., Dagaev a.A. [2, p.232] prove that it is possible considerably to
promote efficiency of innovative activity, if to create new innovative
subsections and morphons, what called to form new directions in activity of
large enterprises. However out of eyeshot researchers there are questions in
relation to meaningfulness of corporations organisational resource in providing economic development.
Task organization. From the system side a necessity is realization of research in relation to the exposure constituents of corporate structures organizational resource and determination the possible ways to open potential of large business while forming the national innovative system for its effective bringing in an innovative process.
Basic material summary. The detailed acquaintance with classics-economists works specifies on permanent attention to the phenomenon of corporations and their role in socio-economic development of countries. Yes, a prominent scientist D. Gelbreyt noticed that a determinant instrument for transformation the economic system should be supposed like not a separate managing subject ir the state, but modern corporation. It is taken as motive force of development, and the starting point of such development, according to his opinion, is a technology . Special value a scientist gives to the organization, seeing in it a factor which determines essence of modern large corporation, in particular, representing a large corporation not only in quality economic basis , he names it - the «designing system», but also as a social institute into which the mechanism of class differences leveling and permanent profits smoothing operates. [3].
In most cases system researches of corporations
specify on its peculiarity, foremost, as to the type of organization, which is
characterized by a certain corporate culture, proper degree of centralization
and authoritarianness of guidance. In particular, well-known American
scientist-economist R. Akoff [4] specifies corporation as on organization, and
“... it primary objectives is a survival and growth. Income of corporation -,
as oxygen for a living organism: necessity, but not essence of life”.
Synergetics effect as a function of strengthening the action is a condition of
corporation ability to survive, when an economy is in a state of slump, and to
grow, when an economy is on getting up. However, corporation in majority cases
is examined as organization which not simply puts certain goals, but also
operates on public good, that goes with the principle of social responsibility.
In an institutional theory corporation is a result
of growth of transactions which are caused by unefficient different external
contracts. According to this theory, development of internal contracts as
formal result of organization enlargement, both due to vertical, and on
occasion, horizontal integration, take off most problems of external agreements
and provide cutting of transaction costs. However, among different theories and
conceptions about neoinstitutional economy [5] in explanation of the probed
question positions of transactions charges conception have most advantage and
theory of institutional changes arose up on the basis of the Nort’s known work.
[6]. From these positions, a corporation as institute is the set of the norms
and rules of doing business, which build up economic and social co-operation of
members - participants of organization. Corporate norms and rules is a “result
of difficult institutional process, in which,
the efforts of all of participants of market co-operation, including the
state and his citizens, the determinants of rational conduct are prodused for
that of them, who, from the one side -
worker or manager, or proprietor tied by
internal contracts with organization with the clearly showed administrative
limits. And from the other side – as a holder of interests, tied by external
contracts – contracts which regulate a market exchange and use the ownership
rights on the resources attracted by a corporation” [7]. Appearance of the
special group of contract relations participants – shareholders, helps in
displacement of accents: if in a classic firm a main conflict arose up between
labour (by the hired workers) and capital (by proprietors), then in a
corporation on the first side contradictions between a management (by managers
– special group of the hired workers) and capital (by shareholders) go out.
The important constituent of organizational
resource in corporations is a type of it organizational structure. So, in
well-known A. Chandlers work [8], he after carrying out complex research of the
large American firms, has selected the
followings basic phases of co-operation between business and organizational
firms structures: 1st phase: related to creation of capitals
combinations, fastened mainly by property and financial copulas, - structures like cartels, trusts and holdings ( Í-form ); 2d phase –
stipulated by consolidation of managing the capital. Dominant is strategy of
vertical integration on all of technological chain, a functional organizational
structure is forming, more attention is spared to the effective use of resources,
own relations are maximally centralized ( U-form ); 3d phase - related to diversification of business,
arrangement of resources between different businesses becomes problematic.
Companies are fundamental reorganized and multydivisional organizational structure
is inculcated. (M-form). A retrospective analysis shows that the structures of U-form and Í-form are prevailed in the
corporations of the developed countries in the first half of XX century. Wide
distribution the M-form structure got in the second half a XX century in the
USA, but in Europe - only in 1970 years.
However, practice of nowadays shows that only with
setting up the valuable vertically-integrated corporations, capable to fill the
market with competitive products of final demand, their organizational
structure is capable to provide the proper balance between the centralized and
decentralized functions and interests. The main tendency of the modern stage of
corporate development is passing ahead growth of market capitalization
comparatively with a turn and income, increasing the market value of
corporations, which determines the strategic purpose of business. There is
forming of various and competent, more flexible masses (within the limits of
integration processes), which cause the appearance a new type of the structure, – network organizations - aggregate of firms or specialized units,
activity of which is coordinated by market mechanisms, system of orders on the
supply of products and development of flexible mutual relations with other
firms on the basis of using the modern
information technologies [9]. Thus, there is a decline of stock form role
control (holdings, cross stockholdings et) in the groups of businesses and
increase of inside company’s supplies role, about what the practice of network
companies testifies today, where a
holding constituent in general goes out on the second plan, in that time as a
system of internal markets becomes an integrating staple.
A
retrospective analysis shows that the developed countries passed from the
enterprises of the personified type to vertical integration, from the
particular branch system to interbranch, from a line-processed economy to complex, from an estimation after
intermediate results to the estimation after end-point of recreation, from
primary technologies to high, from the successive chart of production
organization to parallel, from an external economic type of centralization to
the centralized economic system, built on the base of state corporate sector
with a kernel as large interbranch
corporations.
Researching the
practice of becoming a corporate sector in Ukraine specify on existence of its
primary form – joint-stock form of manage, where basic organizational aspects
are: 1) from point of activation the investment-innovative activity, OEC have
more advantages, because they are capable to attract facilities from many
investors by the public replacing of shares, but they make only the third
joint-stock a sector; 2) a lot of large state enterprises were regenerate in
the process of privatization in closed joint-stock companies that not helps in
the collecting of investments on most of these enterprises, as possibility of
the public placing of shares and sale of shares of closed joint-stock companies
is eliminated at the most efficient fund market which is presented with
exchange stocks, transparency of information is absent about the activity of
closed joint-stock companies ; 3) the state has the particle only in 1189
economic companies, that makes in 3,5% from an amount of corporations, but in
Ukraine capital a particle of the state is more than 18% (shares produced at
par value), here an ineffective management of corporate rights is observed in
45% of economic companies in the statutory capital of which a state particle
exceeds 50% [1].
Researches show that now domestic companies are on
the stage of searching the best structure which would be instrumental in rapid
adaptation to the changeable economic situation. The problems of forming the
mechanism of corporate management development goes out on the first side. Lack
of information reduces amount of possibilities for complex research of
computer-integrated corporate structures in a domestic economy and to
establishment of the real conformities to the regularity of their development.
Therefore the priority for future researches is finding ways of increasing the
role of business groups in wide mobilization of investments to the
modernization of domestic industry, including regional level. For a providing an effective innovative activity as a result of high dynamic of
innovative processes, variant and high degree of vagueness in making decisions
in a corporation must be developed an innovations control system, which
foresees certain strategy and tactic which would provide the maximal use of
potential in the enterprises. A rational technical policy is necessary, but the
long-term scientifically grounded innovative policy which leans on the
innovative strategy. Such innovative strategy materializes in the program,
which takes into consideration a perspective purpose, choice of ways and
facilities of its realization.
According to the World bank determination, a
corporate management is a system of selected and appointed organs, which manage
activity of corporation, protect interests of proprietors and are directed on
providing of maximally possible income from all of types of activity of corporation
within the limits of current law. The scales of corporation activity grew so
much, that did direct or indirect participants of corporate relations as
considerable part of society. Therefore consent with expert opinion, that it is
necessary to examine a corporate management in the wide understanding as a
system of providing the legal interests of all participants of corporate
relations, that all persons, interested in corporation activity (shareholders,
managers, workers, creditors, state, users, public) which finds a reflection in
the relations of corporate control. According to national Principles of
corporate management, ratified DKCPFR, essence of corporate management is a
system of relations between investors - proprietors of company, his managers,
and interested persons for providing an effective activity of company,
equilibrium of influence and balance of participants interests of corporate
relations. So, this determination also is the variant of the extended
interpretation of corporate management.
A retrospective analysis shows that key
description which corporate case of the developed countries frames are
classified after is a mechanism of controling proprietors-shareholders by the
activity of corporation managers, which leans on the internal or external
methods of control. Methods of internal control, it is direct control from the
side of shareholders on the basis of using of voting right on shareholders'
meetings; a representation in the directors boards, and methods of external
control are legal norms which determine functions and responsibility of
directors of corporation; functioning of the developed fund market; mechanism
of hostile takeover; ineffective workings companies bankruptcies. The last two
mechanisms exactly provide the redistribution of ownership rights in the case
of ineffective control from the side of shareholders. Effectiveness of such
mechanism depends on that, how much it is easy for dissatisfied shareholders to
sell shares, that means how perfect and effective this market is. Developed
stock market allows dissatisfied activity of corporation not only to sell the
shares but also transfer control by a company to the best managers (through the
mechanism of takeover).
The modern state of corporate management in Ukraine
is characterized by the low level of corporate culture, by disparity of
existent practice of such management to the generally accepted principles, by
insufficient co-ordination of government’s actions in the field of corporate
relations, by inefficiency of management constitutional corporate laws. An
opacity of corporation’s activity, failure in following by them requirements in
relation of opening the information, ignoring the interests of shareholders in
making administrative decisions, and also violation legal rights and interests
of shareholders from the side of guidance should be referred to the basic
problems at this sphere . In general the process of domestic corporate model
forming is carried out under influence of the followings basic factors: by the
results of privatization during which main shareholders of the state
enterprises became laborers and managers, and the corporations became a legal
form of privatized enterprises; undeveloped stock market, that does not allow
shareholders to use the external methods of control; dividing shareholders’
capital; absence of clear and the simply legislative norms for allotment
reliable and sufficient information the shareholders, which stimulates them to
increase amount of shares with the purpose to get more information and
possibility to watch after activity of management; weak legal defense
shareholders’ rights; high level of the capital assets of domestic corporations
tearing down , that stipulates a requirement in the considerable volumes of
long-term capital investments; instability of macroeconomic situation and
investment climate which predetermines large risks for potential shareholders;
an insignificant part of investors in industrial companies corporate’s capital.
It should be noted that a problem of
intellectual capital management is actual not only in the domestic economic
system. After some estimations, 42% of corporate knowledge make the personnel
intellect, not fixed on the data mediums. And researches of Swedish research
organization, which investigated the spheres of knowledge management showed
that the real application is used only 20% of knowledge which are owned by the
workers of companies. It means that only increasing the efficiency of knowledge
management within the limits of enterprise will allow to raise the
productivity, accelerate the rates of growth, increase an income and strengthen
competitive advantages. Knowledge is assets, it means, they need to be managed
as well as all of assets. If to examine a man as a corporate capital, then
studies are increasing of this capital.
Another organizational resource constituent of
modern corporate structures there is a mechanism of realization the social
responsibility principle. In the conditions of forming the civilized market
rules the question of transference the part of responsibility for
implementation the social obligations by a company on a corporation becomes
more actual. Forming the adequate socially oriented model system of relations
between a corporation, state and company requires the proper change of
approaches the social responsibility from the participants of this system.
World experience testifies about possibilities of using the different
approaches to implementation the state
social obligations. Yes, the model of the so-called USA market capitalism is
based on the exceptionally regulate function of the state in the field of
population defence. USA corporations take additional responsibility for social
development of the collectives. The European social standards of corporations
are based on equal responsibility of the state and corporations for social
development. Corporations, through activation of charity projects, take part in
social development of the territories. Well-known American magazine Fortune made rating of most social responsible companies of the world in which
eleven first places were taken by the European corporations. The East-Asiatic
command model of capitalism is built on a consensus between the basic groups of
businesses and foresees transference on business all the responsibility for
social country population development.
There are different models of corporation social
responsibility. In particular, the system of corporations not productional
relations consists of relationships with the government, relationships with
other regulative and supervisory organs, with a society, with ecological
department etc. The structures of administrative character adjust, control and
monitor the corporation’s activity. Practice shows that unifying approaches to
the activity on the different countries markets, corporation sometimes become
the violators of the ethics rules
accepted in these countries: take place the worsening of labour force terms,
age-old limits of hiring people on the proper positions, working over the norm,
limitation of payments benefits, bonuses etc, take a place. Corporations
especially actively get to those countries, in which except the considerable
existing of internal markets, cheapness of labour force and natural
resources, the standards of obligations absent in relation to a
society on the whole, which influence on the decline of activity operating
efficiency. That’s why in the last years the governments of the most world
countries pull out a requirement about the necessity of establishment the rules
and standards with the purpose to defence the rights and interests of the
citizens. Corporations activity
adjusting is carried out, in a greater measure, at national level by the system
of internal norms and standards which will nurse from internal economic,
ecological position of country and development of society on the whole.
Appropriately, that the obligations of TNC in relation to these national norms
and standards substantially differ in the countries of the world, which is good stimulus with other additional advantages of
activity sphere expansion in these
countries and receiving of additional efficiency.
It should be noted that in the conditions of
development of corporate sector in Ukraine reasons of corporations to social
activity are dictated by mainly economic and social advantages, the most
important among which is: long-term fixing of labour force; increase of level
of competitiveness; encouragement of workers devotion to philosophy of
corporation; an increase of corporation status in a society; creation of the
ethics system of relations into a corporation and in relationships with the
external interested subjects (suppliers, buyers, public organs but other). For
social development of company public institutions and businesses take
responsibility in Ukraine. As a result of the expert questioning of businesses,
conducted by Institute of sociology, these are the factors that most interfere
with realization of social projects by them: imperfection of normatively legal
base and tax legislation; financial insolvency of organization; low level of
guidance of organization; personal unwillingness of guidance of organization;
etc.
Conclusions.
Thus, for strengthening organizational
resource influence of corporations on the process of economic development on
innovative basis the adequate methods of
state participation must be formed in adjusting and management, economical legal norms, governed, regulators. In particular, to the economic institutes it is possible to take the followings priority
forms of state participation in
economy: government economic
control, development of the system of
the government programs; stimulation and support of favourable and stable terms for development of the most effective forms of the
concentrated production and integration
with a financial capital; effective
state property management; adjusting financial markets
development and their infrastructure; antimonopoly adjusting and stimulation of
competition, control after natural
monopolies activity. Adequate
actions must take place from the side
of corporate structures, in particular, introduction of principles of corporate
management and observance of their realization terms; choice of optimum
and effective organizational structure of corporations and determination of the
proper communications model both between separate subsections and with the
subjects of external environment; forming of social capital of organization and
realization of strategic aims is in the context of social responsibility.
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