ISSN 2219-746X EISSN 2219-7478 EDUCATION RECEIVED 13.03.2015 ACCEPTED 25.04.2015 PUBLISHED 01.06.2015 DOI: 10.15550/ASJ.2015.03.024 TRAINING OF EXISTING BUSINESSMEN IN THE SOUTH OF THE RUSSIAN FAR EAST E. Pililyan Far-Eastern Federal University 8, Sukhanova Str., Vladivostok 690091 Russia [email protected] Abstract. The article covers the forms and methods of training the business league of the contemporary Russia in solving the matters of country’s innovation development at the modernization stage. That fact that among the strategic tasks for the country the Far-Eastern direction is the priority for strengthening the positions in the Asia Pacific and co-development with the business world of that world’s region developing most dynamically, is constitutive for the activation of Far East’s business experiencing some problems with qualified staff capable to implement the strategic tasks set forth. The actuality of the problems considered makes feasible the study of establishment and training of business league in constituent entities of the Russian Far East, capable to ensure the realization of scheduled changes in country’s social and economic development to bring competitive products into Asia Pacific market. Keywords: business, investments resource, strategic tasks, innovations, modernization, motivation, competitiveness, education. Formidable tasks in connection with restructuring the economy of the Far East’s regions determined by state “Program for social and economic development of Far East and Transbaikal till 2025” call for not only significant investments, but human resources capable to conceive and aim at the realization of the challenges offered. The restoration of entrepreneurs as important business entities in the Russian social structure is a complex event in the recent Russian history. That process called for not only the establishment of regulations and initial capital for commercial activities but also certain theoretical and practical skills and surely a psychological turning point in the course of public change of values while adapting for the market. For the historical science those matters are essential as the relatively short period of restructuring processes in Russian history determined that new direction of historical studies. The historiography of restoration of entrepreneurs in Russian social structure is a rather new vector of the studies of transformation and contemporary modernization period in Russia of ХХI century, while for the present development stage of the Russian Far-Eastern regions it has special importance determined by the specifics of its historical development, geographical position and social and economic conditions. Since the beginning of Perestroika about 30 years have passed but it may be stated that the national business stratum has been established to solve the tasks challenged by the region and the country. In the course of Russian community’s transformation the relations of government and business were changing, as well as the methods for stimulation of people’s business initiative by government. If the initial stage of the transformation period was characterized by government’s refusal to support the Far-Eastern regions and granting independence which proved catastrophic as they were beneficiary regions and the entrepreneurs were respectively put into survival condition, further stabilization and modernization periods demonstrate strong attention and support to businessmen in the Russian Far East of the RF. Great contribution to the development of the Russian Far East was the APEC Summit held in September 2012 in Vladivostok, before which great infrastructure objects were built making Vladivostok a modern cultural and political center of the Far East. Along with that, business training issue is rather reasonable due to the following: - the first wave of entrepreneurs (1985-1995) was represented by the people raised in socialist times when business was illegal, independence and competition were a complex problem, so they did not understand market relations and were not ready for them; 24 ADVANCEDSCIENCE.ORG THE ADVANCED SCIENCE JOURNAL - the orientation towards the Asia Pacific business and joint ventures in the south of the Russian Far East which had exclusively individual business experience due to differences in national cultures was a certain problem because of the differentiation of the Asia Pacific markets and relations. Mentality or mental structure (French: mentalite — thinking, psychology)— is a certain spiritual attitude of people of some country or region, fundamental stable structures of consciousness, number of sociopsychological paradigms and beliefs of a personality or community. Those paradigms determine the world perception of a person, the nature of values and ideals, forming subjective world of a personality. Guided by those paradigms, a man acts in each sphere of activities. Meantime, mentality determines the culture which is widely an image of society’s life. Business culture may be considered in three aspects: culture of personality, organizational culture and culture of interaction with external environment – social responsibility of business. Business culture as we opine is a factor of creative placement and a source of public innovations while its assignment is connected with the solution of the core problem – internal integration for survival in certain political and social environment. Therefore ensuring high cultural and moral level of business life in any historical period of Russia has always been dependent not only on business but on the level of public culture and morality in general. The contemporary business established in the society which survived a number of unprepared and contradictive reforms within a short historical period. In such conditions the cultural traditions and ethical norms of the tsarist Russia’s business could not become the basis for the culture of the contemporary Russian business. By 2001, before joining the business elite by corporate directors, 25% of them were commercial heads of state enterprises, 20% were civil servants, 6% - staff members of state banks. Small enterprises were opened by physicists, mathematicians, engineers who left colleges, research institutions and state enterprises being 30-40 years of age. Being a socially organizing and world-transforming activity business was becoming as the world experience showed the basis for social and political stability of society, and, recognizing that, the government is taking serious steps in connection with its state support. Meantime, the condition, rates and trend of business development in Russia do not meet the market economy needs and do not comply with business potential of people. The concept of small business support and development in the Russian Federation since 2001 has been aimed to get federal and regional authorities and municipalities involved into that field. Therefore, together with the training system for future businessmen in high and higher educational institutions there were established continuously operating consulting points of Departments for small and medium business and competition of administrations of Russia’s constituent entities aimed to inform the existing businessman and startupers about the commercial conditions on given market, borrowing opportunities or other business facilities available. Administration’s site is open for communication with consultants and advises business community of plans for seminars, conferences and other training activities. Also, autonomous non-commercial organization “Far-Eastern center for development of civil initiatives and social partnership” was established and is implementing the project “Support and development of young business in Primorskiy krai”, i.e., field business teaching for young people. Municipal public institution “Center for development of entrepreneurship” is engaged in business training both online and via seminars on the programs being of concern for businessmen: effective staff motivation, basic schemes of profit increase, legal aspects of civil rights protection in the course of business and many other matters practically important for the implementation of business. The definition of entrepreneurship itself still has no univalent sense while defined in the Russian legal field only in 1990 in the RSFSR Act dated December 25, 1990 “On enterprises and entrepreneurship” valid since 01.01.1991. It was further adjusted ten years after in the third part of the Civil Code of the RF adopted by the Federal Act №147-ФЗ dated 26.11.2001, valid since 01.03.2002. The wording offered by legislators was not rather definite allowing for various interpretations and needed the meaning clarification. Also connection of entrepreneurship and society and business responsibility to society were not reflected, as well as the innovation sense of entrepreneurship. Thus it may be stated that the legal basis fell behind and did not timely regulate the process of entrepreneurship establishment by the beginning of ХХI century. This paper has been presented at the International Conference “SCIREPS EDUCATION FORUM” in Paris (April 25-30, 2015). VOLUME 2015 ISSUE 3 25