Methodological approach to maintaining executive officers’ competitiveness at the coal mining enterprises

The topic of the article is of great current interest due to increasing inconsistency between the real results of executive officers’ activity and the results required for maintaining the path of sustainable economic development of coal mining enterprises in Russia. The author suggests methodological approach to maintaining executive officers’ competitiveness at the coal mining enterprises; define such notions as an executive officer and executive officers’ competitiveness, and revealed some major characteristics of social and economic results of executive officers’ work. The article presents the approach to estimating competitiveness which makes it possible to determine the competitive positions of executive officers and take urgent action to improve them. The authors introduce an enlarged scheme of maintaining competitive position of an executive officer based on the development of his managerial potential and competitive environment at the coal mining enterprises. They present methodological tools for estimating managerial potential and competitive environment of a company. In conclusion the author points out the priority of transformation of labour relations and institutes to improve competitive positions of the executive officers of coal mining enterprises.

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