The work considers basic scientific and theoretical, and applied aspects of state and municipal management in Russia, and “hands-on” management as a separate method of management impact used by all levels of state and local authorities.The authors analyze reasons, legal basis, legitimacy, forms and methods of applying “hands-on procedures” in the management process, and estimate the level of their impact on social and economic life of the contemporary Russian society. The article defines the notion hands-on management and predicts possible consequences of expanding the practice of “hands-on procedures” both in the medium and long-term perspective.

Valeriy Vladimirovich Shlychkov Et Al (2017). Hands-on Management: Theoretical and Methodological Approaches and Russian Practice of State and Municipal Management, European Research Studies Journal Volume XX Issue 2B, 200-223